NYPD honors first responder lost to 9/11-related illness. Daniel Massey, like many others, was a Staten Islander.

The family of retired NYPD Sergeant Daniel Massey, Jr., 51, who died of World Trade Center-related illness last month, was given an  NYPD departmental flag to honor him, reports Kyle Lawson for the Staten Island Advance.

Sgt.  Massey grew up on Staten Island and retired from the 122 Precinct in Staten Island.