Twenty-two years ago, on the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The infamous day changed our country and world forever. Among the nearly 3,000 people who died that day, 72 law enforcement officers and 343 fire and emergency services personnel lost their lives while saving thousands of people. It was the deadliest incident ever for first responders.

After the attacks, rescue, recovery, investigation and cleanup efforts began almost immediately at all three sites. First responders, along with other volunteers, at ground zero were exposed to a host of toxic materials and pollutants, leading many to develop and tragically succumb to 9/11-related illnesses in the years since. 

Here, we pay tribute to the law enforcement officers who perished as a result of the 9/11 terror attacks. We also remember all those who showed unwavering heroism and gave the ultimate sacrifice on that day and the decades that followed.

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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Humane LE, NY
Special Investigator Diane DiGiacomo

Arlington County P.D., VA
Corporal Harvey Snook III

Cayuga County S.O., NY
Undersheriff Stephen B. McLoud

City University of NY Dept. of Public Safety
Deputy Chief John P. McKee

CT State Police
Trooper First Class Eugene Kenneth Baron Jr.
Trooper First Class Walter Greene Jr.

Harrison P.D., NY
Officer Walter L. Mallinson

Middletown P.D., NJ
Lieutenant Joseph C. Capriotti

Montclair State University P.D., NJ
Sergeant Christopher A. Vidro

Nassau County P.D., NY
Officer Brian R. Abbondandelo
Officer Charles Dennis Cole Jr.
Officer Peter Francis Curran
Officer Peter Martino
Officer Paul J. McCabe
Officer Robert D. Negri Jr.
Detective First Grade Matthew A. Perlungher
Officer James V. Quinn
Lieutenant Michael P. Shea

NJ State Police
Lieutenant Gerald T. Barbato
Lieutenant William George Fearon
Staff Sergeant Bryan U. McCoy
Trooper Robert Emmet Nagle

New Rochelle P.D., NY
Detective Mark S. Gado
Officer Kathleen O’Connor-Funigiello

New York City F.D. — Bureau of Fire Investigation
Fire Marshal Ronald P. Bucca
Supervising Fire Marshal John Joseph “Jack” McCauley

New York City P.D.
Detective Jennifer Abramowitz
Detective Sandra Y. Adrian
Detective I Gerard A. Ahearn
Detective James John Albanese
Chief of Detectives William H. Allee
Detective Sixto Almonte
Officer Emanuele “Manny” Alongi
Detective Luis Gustavo Alvarez
Sergeant Alex W. Baez
Officer Curtis Joseph Bako
Officer Chanda D. Barnes
Officer Karen E. Barnes
Detective Thomas J. Barnitt
Sergeant Hugh Patrick Bartlett Jr.
Officer Ronald G. Becker Jr.Detective Aslyn A. Beckles
Officer James A. Betso
Sergeant Gerard Thomas Beyrodt
Officer Derrick Bishop
Officer Scott R. Blackshaw
Officer Frank M. Bolusi
Deputy Chief Steven Joseph Bonano
Officer James B. Boyle
Sergeant Patrick J. Boyle
Sergeant William Brautigam
Detective First Grade Gerald T. Brennan
Sergeant Nathalie Brill
Detective Anthony N. Brognano
Officer Thomas Gerard Brophy
Lieutenant Rebecca A. Buck
Officer James M. Burke
Detective Barbara Burnette
Sergeant Thomas A. Byrne
Sergeant Pedro “Tony” Candia
Captain Carmine C. Cantalino
Officer Audrey P. Capra
Officer Madeline Carlo
Detective Megan K. Carr-Wilks
Detective Joseph A. Cavitolo
Officer Yolanda Cawley
Sergeant Christopher M. Christodoulou
Officer Peter D. Ciaccio
Lieutenant Steven L. Cioffi
Sergeant Charles J. Clark
Detective Leonard Daniel Cocco Jr.
Officer Terence P. Connelly
Officer Daniel Charles Conroy
Officer Reginald Cooley
Sergeant John Gerard Coughlin
Sergeant Patrick T. Coyne
Detective Christopher Edward Cranston
Detective Angel Antonio Creagh
Detective Enrico Crisafi
Sergeant Michael Sean Curtin
Detective Kevin Anthony Czartoryski
Officer John D’Allara
Officer Anthony D’Erasmo
Detective Harry O. D’Onofrio
Detective Annetta G. Daniels
Officer Vincent G. Danz
Sergeant Garrett S. Danza
Officer George F. Darini
Detective Michael Kenneth Davis
Officer Anthony DeJesus
Deputy Chief Vincent A. DeMarino
Detective Michael A. DeVecchis
Officer Michael O. Diamond
Detective Corey J. Diaz
Detective Leroy Dixon
Officer Kenneth Xavier Domenech
Officer Jerome Mark Patrick Dominguez
Officer Laurence Joseph Dougherty
Sergeant Cornelius J. “Dougie” Douglas
Officer Stephen Patrick Driscoll
Officer Renee Dunbar
Officer Robert M. Ehmer
Officer Mark Joseph Ellis
Officer Otto R. Espinoza
Detective Pedro Esponda Jr.
Officer William P. Farley
Officer Robert Fazio Jr.
Sergeant Thomas J. Fennessy
Detective Luis G. Fernandez
Officer Keith A. Ferrara
Sergeant Paul Michael Ferrara
Officer John P. Ferrari
Officer Edward M. Ferraro
Inspector Donald G. Feser
Officer Alexander Figueroa
Detective Carmen M. Figueroa
Officer Nicholas G. Finelli
Detective Stuart F. Fishkin
Officer Edward J. Fitzgerald
Detective Pedro A. Foruria Sr.
Lieutenant Jeffrey W. Francis
Sergeant Gary M. Franklin
Detective Sean Patrick Franklin
Sergeant Michael S. Fuller
Officer Scott M. Fusco
Officer Frank L. Gagliano
Officer Scott N. Gaines
Captain Barry Galfano
Officer Thomas J. Gallagher
Detective Thomas J. Gallo
Sergeant Michael J. Galvin
Officer Deborah A. Garbutt-Jeff
Officer Pedro Garcia
Officer Matthew J. Gay
Officer Judy Ann Ghany-Barounis
Officer Anthony C. Giambra Jr.
Detective Peter “Pietro” Gianfrancesco
Detective James Thomas Giery
Sergeant Rodney C. Gillis
Captain Edward Charles Gilpin
Detective Charles Gilbert Gittens Jr.
Detective Michael E. Glazer
Officer James Junior Godbee
Detective John E. Goggin
Officer Hector M. Gonzalez
Detective Edward Richard Gorczynski Jr.
Detective Sergeant Vincent Kevin Gough
Officer Michael H. Grannis
Detective Roland Anthony “Tony” Gray
Officer Robert C. Grossman
Officer Dave E. Guevara
Inspector James Guida
Sergeant Charles R. Gunzelman
Officer Diane F. Halbran
Officer Michael J. Hance
Officer Anthony R. Hanlon
Sergeant Claire T. Hanrahan
Officer Raymond Harris
Detective Kevin George Hawkins
Officer Joseph F. Heid
Officer Robert Bernard Helmke
Detective Michael R. Henry
Detective Alick W. Herrmann
Detective William J. Holfester
Officer Richard G. Holland
Detective Nathaniel Holland Jr.
Detective Steven Hom
Officer Demetrias Hopkins
Officer John Horan
Detective Michael A. Houlahan
Officer Dennis J. Howard
Detective Charles James Humphry
Sergeant Jeremiah J. Hunt
Sergeant Michael Vincent Incontrera
Sergeant Wayne A. Jackson
Detective Valerie Kay Jacobs
Officer Richard Jakubowsky
Detective Jewel Jenkins
Officer Cheryl D. Johnson
Officer Paul J. Johnson
Officer Louise M. Johnston
Sergeant Scott Johnston
Officer Denise Jones
Officer Robert W. Kaminski
Officer Charles M. Karen
Officer William M. Kelly
Detective William D. Kinane
Officer William J. King
Officer Ronald Philip Kloepfer
Officer Gary Lee Koch
Officer Kelly Christine Korchak
Officer Fred J. Krines
Detective John F. Kristoffersen
Detective Stephen T. Kubinski
Detective Emilio Laboy Sr.
Officer Thomas Michael Langone
Detective Robert F. Larke
Sergeant Mark Lawler
Officer James Patrick Leahy
Detective Michael Lawrence Ledek
Detective Jeffrey A. Lee
Inspector Justin C. Lenz
Officer Andrew J. Lewis
Detective Christian R. Lindsay
Detective Anthony L. Lombardo
Lieutenant Luis A. Lopez
Officer Richard Lopez
Officer Raphael A. Lora
Officer Carl R. Ludwig
Detective Thomas J. Lyons
Detective Charlie W. Mackie Sr.
Officer Frank Gerard Macri
Officer David Mahmoud
Officer Shaun M. Mahoney
Detective Brian John Maley
Detective John J. Marshall
Sergeant Robert P. Masci
Officer Vito S. Mauro
Officer Gary Gerald Mausberg
Lieutenant Jacqueline McCarthy
Officer Brian Grady McDonnell
Officer Patrick Thomas McGovern
Sergeant Colleen A. McGowan
Captain Edward Joseph McGreal
Sergeant Michael J. McHugh
Officer Denis Reid McLarney
Assistant Chief John B. McManus
Officer Christopher Shawn McMurry
Lieutenant Jennifer Meehan
Officer Gregory V. Melita
Detective Tommy L. Merriweather
Officer John Minchilli
Detective Mark Mkwanazi
Lieutenant Brian S. Mohamed
Deputy Chief James Gerard Molloy
Detective James W. Monahan
Officer Patrick G. Monroe
Detective Robert A. Montanez
Captain Dennis Morales
Detective Michael P. Morales
Detective George Clifford Moreno
Detective John K. Muller
Detective Terence Mulvey
Detective Dennis Murphy
Sergeant Patrick P. Murphy
Lieutenant Paul Murphy
Sergeant Edmund P. Murray
Sergeant Anthony Napolitano
Officer Mark J. Natale
Detective Thomas L. Neal
Officer Robert J. Nicosia
Detective Maureen M. O’Flaherty
Sergeant Terrence Scott O’Hara
Sergeant Donald J. O’Leary Jr.
Inspector Michael E. O’Neil
Officer Thomas M. O’Reilly Jr.
Lieutenant Carlos J. Ocasio
Officer Jason Howard Offner
Detective Nicholas F. Ortiz
Officer Robert Ortiz
Officer Robert V. Oswain Jr.
Officer Joseph Cavanaugh Pagnani
Officer Allison Marie Palmer
Lieutenant Phillip E. Panzarella
Detective Joseph Paolillo
Officer William G. Parker
Officer Marie Ann Patterson-Bohanan
Captain Ronald G. Peifer Sr.
Officer Angelo Peluso Jr.
Officer John William Perry
Detective Philip T. Perry
Officer Glen Kerrin Pettit
Detective Joseph L. Pidoto
Sergeant Louis R. Pioli
Captain Peter L. Pischera
Officer Francis Thomas Pitone
Officer Frank J. Pizzo
Officer Neil Eugene Porter
Officer Lawrence J. Prehn
Officer Nancy A. Puca
Lieutenant Christopher M. Pupo
Officer Nicholas Purpero
Assistant Chief Michael V. Quinn
Lieutenant Michael F. Raimo
Detective Andrea Renee Jacqueline Rainer
Detective Mark Henry Rawdon
Officer Michael J. Reass
Officer Moira Ann Reddy-Smith
Officer Robert James Reidy
Officer Christine Anne Reilly
Detective George Clay Remouns Jr.
Lieutenant Gerald Rex
Lieutenant Robert Daniel Rice
Detective Claude Daniel Richards
Detective Ronald A. Richards
Officer Lawrence J. Rivera
Detective Roberto L. Rivera
Officer Peter O. Rodriguez
Officer Steven L. Rodriguez
Detective Joseph M. Roman
Officer Michael Romano
Detective Frank Rosado
Lieutenant Kenneth W. Rosello
Lieutenant John Charles Rowland
Sergeant Timothy Alan Roy Sr.
Lieutenant James D. Russell
Detective John A. Russo
Lieutenant James E. Ryan
Sergeant Michael W. Ryan
Officer Patrice Marie Ryan-Ott
Captain Janelle Sanders
Detective Thomas Santoro
Sergeant Stephen P. Scalza
Sergeant Jacqueline C. Schaefer
Detective James A. Schiavone Jr.
Detective Joseph Edward Seabrook
Officer Peter M. Sheridan Jr.
Lieutenant Marci Simms
Detective Basilio A. Simons
Detective Andrew L. Siroka
Sergeant Harold John Smith
Sergeant Mark Smith
Detective William Soto
Captain Scott V. Stelmok
Officer Andrew D. Stromfeld
Detective Christopher Strucker
Officer Ramon Suarez
Sergeant Barbara J. Sullivan
Officer Robert S. Summers
Detective Traci L. Tack-Czajkowski
Officer Paul Talty
Officer Richard E. Taylor
Sergeant Edward Doyle “Ned” Thompson
Detective Sally A. Thompson
Detective William B. Titus Jr.
Officer Martin Tom
Sergeant Christopher Michael Tully
Officer Reginald Umpthery Sr.
Detective Harry Valentin
Officer Santos Valentin Jr.
Officer Manuel Vargas Jr.
Sergeant Nemesio Vera
Detective Dennis J. Vickery
Officer John F. Vierling Jr.
Detective Joseph Vincent Vigiano
Officer Perry T. Villani
Officer Matthew S. von Seydewitz
Officer Joseph C. Wagner
Sergeant Michael B. Wagner
Officer William T. Walsh
Lieutenant William H. Wanser III
Detective James M. Ward
Detective Thomas P. Ward
Officer Andrew Waring
Officer Walter Edward Weaver
Detective Thomas Francis Weiner Jr.
Officer Ronald Evan Weintraub
Detective Richard H. Wentz
Detective Jennifer A. Williams
Officer Wade Jason Williams
Detective Robert W. Williamson
Inspector Richard Daniel Winter
Officer Kenneth W. Wolf
Officer George Mon Cheng Wong
Sergeant Peter C. Woods
Detective John T. Young
Officer Robert Young
Sergeant David T. Yu Sr.
Detective James Zadroga
Officer Robert A. Zane Jr.
Lieutenant John C. Zonneveld

NY County District Attorney’s Office
Senior Investigator Fred Ghussin

NY State Environmental Conservation Police
Conservation Lieutenant Paul C. Adam
Conservation Officer Lawrence E. Cabana
Investigator Thomas J. Graham Jr.
Conservation Officer Stephen Lawrence Raymond

NY State Office of Court Administration
Senior Court Officer Thomas Jurgens
Captain William Thompson
Senior Court Officer
Mitchel Scott Wallace

NY State Office of Tax Enforcement — PAT Bureau
Bureau Chief Charles Mills

NY State Office of Tax Enforcement — Revenue Crimes Bureau
Investigator Clyde Frazier
Investigator Richard Moore
Investigator Salvatore Papasso
Assistant Deputy Commissioner William Pohlmann

NY State Police
Trooper Michael J. Anson
Superintendent Wayne E. Bennett
Trooper Darryl J. Burroughs Sr.
Sergeant F. Brent Chomyszak
Sergeant Jeffrey M. Cicora
Major Rodrick C. Covington
Trooper Jennifer M. Czarnecki
Deputy Superintendent William John DeBlock
Trooper Scott P. Enser
Trooper Brian S. Falb
Investigator Ryan D. Fortini
Senior Investigator Nicholas Georgeadis
Investigator Patrick J. Hogan
Trooper Joseph J. Mecca Jr.
Sergeant Ivan M. Morales
Senior Investigator Thomas G. Moran Jr.
Trooper Michael R. O’Donnell
Trooper Covel Chase Pierce
Sergeant Charles Robert Salaway
Investigator Paul R. Stuewer
Zone Sergeant James G. Sweeney
Newtown P.D., CT
Officer Stephen A. Ketchum
Paterson P.D., NJ
Detective Anthony Jospeh Lucanto
Peekskill P.D., NY
Detective Charles John Wassil Jr.
Port Authority of NY and NJ P.D.
Officer Christopher Amoroso
Officer Maurice Barry
Officer Charles Barzydlo
Lieutenant John J. Brant
Officer Liam Callahan
Lieutenant Robert Cirri Sr.
Officer John Mark Cortazzo
Officer Clinton Davis Sr.
Lieutenant William E. Doubraski
Officer Donald Foreman
Officer Gregg Froehner
Officer Thomas Gorman
Sergeant Lawrence A. Guarnieri
Officer Uhuru Gonja Houston
Officer George Howard
Officer Stephen Huczko Jr.
Inspector Anthony Infante Jr.
Detective Thomas M. Inman
Officer Paul Jurgens
Sergeant Robert Kaulfers
Officer James W. Kennelly
Officer Paul Laszczynski
Officer William James Leahy
Officer David P. LeMagne
Officer John Lennon Jr.
Officer John Levi
Officer James Lynch
Officer Frederick G. Maley
Captain Kathy Mazza
Officer Donald McIntyre
Officer Walter McNeil
Officer Mark J. Meier
Director of Public Safety Fred V. Morrone
Officer Joseph Navas
Officer James Nelson
Officer Alfonse Niedermeyer III
Sergeant Vincent Joseph Oliva
Officer Pavlos D. Pallas
Officer James Parham
Officer Dominick Pezzulo
Officer Bruce Reynolds
Officer Antonio Rodrigues
Officer Richard Rodriguez
Chief James Romito
Officer John Skala Jr.
Officer Walwyn Stuart Jr.
Officer Michael Edmund Teel
Officer Kenneth Tietjen
Officer Steven John Tursellino
Officer Nathaniel Webb
Officer Michael Wholey
Suffolk County P.D., NY
Officer Craig L. Capolino
Sergeant James Thomas Farrell
Detective Stephen John Mullen
Sergeant Dennis Wallace Reichardt

U.S. Homeland Security, ICE
Special Agent Louis Henry Aguirre
Special Agent Dennis Patrick McCarthy
Special Agent Edward Joseph Smith
Special Agent Robert T. Williams
Special Agent Thomas Michael Wischerth

U.S. Homeland Security, USSS
Special Agent in Charge Charles Lundsford “Chuck” Friend

U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Special Agent William C. Sheldon

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special Agent Dennis Bonelli
Special Agent Steven A. Carr
Special Agent William Robert Craig
Supervisory Special Agent Brian Lawrence Crews
Special Agent Laurie J. Fournier
Special Agent Leonard Hatton
Special Agent Jerry D. Jobe
Special Agent Mark C. Johnston
Special Agent in Charge David James LeValley
Special Agent Mark Joseph Mikulski
Supervisory Special Agent Thomas James Mohnal
Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow
Special Agent Robert Martin Roth
Special Agent Gerard D. Senatore
Special Agent Rex Aaron Stockham
Special Agent Paul H. Wilson
Special Agent Wesley J. Yoo

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
Supervisory Police Officer Yiu Tak “Louis” Tao

U.S. Marshals Service
Deputy U.S. Marshal Kenneth J. Doyle
Deputy U.S. Marshal Betty Ann Pascarella
Deputy U.S. Marshal Zacarias Toro Jr.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement
Refuge Manager Richard Jerry Guadagno

U.S. Secret Service Special Services Division
Master Special Officer Craig J. Miller
Yonkers P.D., NY
Officer Stanley J. Kasper
Officer Anthony Maggiore
Lieutenant Roy D. McLaughlin