The families of 27 NYPD officers who died in the line of duty gathered to see their names added to the Hall of Heroes at 1 Police Plaza, reports Magee Hickey of WPIX 11.
Twenty-four of the 27 officers honored died of World Trade Center-related illnesses brought on by their work after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
The daughter of Detective Gerard Ahearn, who died of site-related cancer in 2016, told reporters, “this shows how I always saw him as a hero.”
