Category Archives: Health Issues

Brookhaven street renamed after Firefighter John Fogarty, L-3, who died of 9/11-related illness

A Brookhaven street has been renamed in honor of retired FDNY FF John Fogarty of Ladder 3, who died in 2020 of World Trade Center-related illness, report News 12 staff.

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N.Y. Court reverses SWCB, awards benefits to widow of World Trade Center recovery worker

Death benefits have finally been awarded to the family of Patrick M. Murphy, a NY State court law enforcement officer who died of cancer caused by his work on the […]

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Veteran NYPD detective and Ground Zero hero Barbara Burnette dies from 9/11-related illness

Retired NYPD Detective Barbara Burnette, 58, died on December 30, 2021 of World Trade Center-related lung cancer, report Thomas Tracy and Larry McShane for the New York Daily News. Detective […]

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