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. Nearly 3,000 people died, including 72 law enforcement officers and 343 fire and emergency services personnel who perished while saving thousands of lives. It was one of the most devastating days in U.S. history, marking the single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil, and the deadliest incident ever for first responders.

In the aftermath of the attacks, rescue, recovery, investigation and cleanup efforts began almost immediately at all three sites. First responders and volunteers at ground zero in lower Manhattan were exposed to a host of toxins and pollutants for a prolonged period, leading many to develop and tragically succumb to 9/11-related illnesses in the years since. Here, we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 and pay tribute to the law enforcement officers who died as a result of the terror attacks. 

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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 K. Baron Jr.
Trooper First Class Walter Greene Jr.

Elizabeth P.D., NJ
Sergeant Michael Kurinzi

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
Police Officer Brian R. Abbondandelo
Police Officer Charles D. Cole Jr.
Police Officer Peter F. Curran
Detective Michael J. Kearns
Police Officer Peter Martino
Police Officer Paul J. McCabe
Police Officer Robert D. Negri Jr.
Detective First Grade Matthew A. Perlungher
Police Officer James V. Quinn
Lieutenant Michael P. Shea

NJ State Police
Lieutenant Gerald T. Barbato
Lieutenant William G. Fearon
Staff Sergeant Bryan U. McCoy
Trooper Robert E. Nagle
Captain Richard E. Tesauro

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

New York City F.D. — Bureau of Fire Investigation
Fire Marshal Ronald P. Bucca
Supervising Fire Marshal John J. McCauley

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

NY County DA’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.
Lieutenant David J. McShane
Conservation Officer Stephen L. Raymond

NY State Office of Court Administration
Senior Court Officer Thomas E. Jurgens
Captain William Thompson
Senior Court Officer Mitchel S. Wallace

NY State Office of Tax Enforcement — Petroleum, Alcohol and Tobacco Bureau
Bureau Chief Charles Mills

NY State DEPT. OF TAXATION AND FINANCE — Revenue Crimes Bureau
Investigator Clyde Frazier
Investigator Richard Moore
Investigator Salvatore Papasso
Assistant Deputy Commissioner William Pohlmann

NY State Police
Trooper Michael J. Anson
Investigator Anthony B. Ashe
Superintendent Wayne E. Bennett
Trooper Robert M. Burney
Trooper Darryl J. Burroughs Sr.
Sergeant F. Brent Chomyszak
Sergeant Jeffrey M. Cicora
Major Rodrick C. Covington
Trooper Jennifer M. Czarnecki
Deputy Superintendent William J. DeBlock
Trooper Scott P. Enser
Trooper Brian S. Falb
Investigator Ryan D. Fortini
Captain Christopher J. Garrow
Senior Investigator Nicholas Georgeadis
Investigator Patrick J. Hogan
Trooper Edward T. Kiluk
Trooper Lawrence W. Lakeman
Trooper Joseph J. Mecca Jr.
Sergeant Ivan M. Morales
Senior Investigator Thomas G. Moran Jr.
Technical Sergeant Scott C. Norcutt
Trooper Michael R. O’Donnell
Trooper Covel C. Pierce
Technical Sergeant Christopher P. Rock
Sergeant Charles R. Salaway
Investigator Paul R. Stuewer
Zone Sergeant James G. Sweeney

Newtown P.D., CT
Police Officer Stephen A. Ketchum

Paterson P.D., NJ
Detective Anthony J. Lucanto

PEEKSKILL P.D., NY
Detective Charles J. Wassil Jr.

Port Authority of NY and NJ P.D
Police Officer Christopher C. Amoroso
Police Officer Maurice V. Barry
Police Officer Charles Barzydlo
Lieutenant John J. Brant
Police Officer Liam Callahan
Lieutenant Robert D. Cirri Sr.
Police Officer John M. Cortazzo
Police Officer Clinton Davis Sr.
Lieutenant William E. Doubraski
Police Officer Donald A. Foreman
Police Officer Gregg J. Froehner
Police Officer Thomas E. Gorman
Sergeant Lawrence A. Guarnieri
Police Officer Uhuru G. Houston
Police Officer George G. Howard
Police Officer Stephen Huczko Jr.
Inspector Anthony P. Infante Jr.
Detective Thomas M. Inman
Police Officer Paul W. Jurgens
Sergeant Robert M. Kaulfers
Police Officer Paul Laszczynski
Police Officer William J. Leahy
Police Officer David J. Lee
Police Officer David P. LeMagne
Police Officer John J. Lennon Jr.
Police Officer John D. Levi
Police Officer James F. Lynch
Police Officer Frederick G. Maley
Captain Kathy N. Mazza
Police Officer Donald J. McIntyre
Police Officer Walter A. McNeil
Police Officer Mark J. Meier
Director of Public Safety Ferdinand V. Morrone
Police Officer Joseph M. Navas
Police Officer James A. Nelson
Police Officer Alfonse J. Niedermeyer III
Sergeant Vincent J. Oliva
Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas
Police Officer James W. Parham
Police Officer Dominick A. Pezzulo
Police Officer Bruce A. Reynolds
Police Officer Antonio J. Rodrigues
Police Officer Richard Rodriguez
Chief James A. Romito
Captain Richard L. Ruiz Sr.
Police Officer John P. Skala Jr.
Police Officer Walwyn W. Stuart Jr.
Police Officer Michael E. Teel
Police Officer Kenneth F. Tietjen
Police Officer Steven J. Tursellino
Police Officer Nathaniel Webb
Police Officer Michael T. Wholey

SAYREVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NJ
Captain William J. Gawron Sr.

Suffolk County P.D., NY
Police Officer Craig L. Capolino
Chief of Patrol Thomas P. Compitello
Sergeant James T. Farrell
Detective Stephen J. Mullen
Sergeant Dennis W. Reichardt

U.S. Homeland Security — ICE
Special Agent Louis H. Aguirre
Special Agent Robert C. Castioni Jr.
Special Agent Dennis P. McCarthy
Special Agent Edward J. Smith
Special Agent Robert T. Williams
Special Agent Thomas M. Wischerth

U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY — Secret Service
Special Agent in Charge Charles L. Friend

U.S. DOJ — ATF
Special Agent William C. Sheldon

U.S. DOJ — FBI
Special Agent Dennis Bonelli
Special Agent Steven A. Carr
Special Agent William R. Craig
Supervisory Special Agent Brian L. Crews
Special Agent Laurie J. Fournier
Special Agent Leonard Hatton
Associate Director John Hess
Special Agent Jerry D. Jobe
Special Agent Mark C. Johnston
Special Agent in Charge David J. LeValley
Special Agent Mark J. Mikulski
Supervisory Special Agent Thomas J. Mohnal
Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow
Special Agent Robert M. Roth
Special Agent Gerard D. Senatore
Special Agent Rex A. Stockham
Special Agent Paul H. Wilson
Special Agent Wesley J. Yoo

U.S. DOJ — FBI POLICE
Supervisory Police Officer Yiu Tak Tao

U.S. DOJ — Marshals Service
Deputy U.S. Marshal Kenneth J. Doyle
Deputy U.S. Marshal Betty A. Pascarella
Deputy U.S. Marshal Zacarias Toro Jr.

U.S. DEPT. of INTERIOR — FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Refuge Manager Richard J. Guadagno

U.S. DEPT. of treasury — Secret Service Special Services Division
Master Special Officer Craig J. Miller

Yonkers P.D., NY
Police Officer Stanley J. Kasper
Police Officer Anthony Maggiore
Lieutenant Roy D. McLaughlin