Retired NYPD Officer Scott Blackshaw, who spent many hours at the site of the former World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 died at his home on May 20, 2018 after a long fight against esophageal and brain cancers and leptomeningeal carcinomatosis caused by 9/11 toxins. He was 52, writes Esha Ray in the NY Daily News.
Officer Blackshaw joined the NYPD in 1990 and was with the 13 Precinct at the time of the terrorist attacks.