{"id":342287,"date":"2026-09-09T23:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342287\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T23:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:04:49","slug":"nypd-9-11-memorial-wall-adds-hundreds-of-new-names-as-illness-disease-take-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342287\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD 9\/11 memorial wall adds hundreds of new names as illness, disease take toll"},"content":{"rendered":"

They haven\u2019t been forgotten.<\/p>\n

Twenty-five years after 23 NYPD officers perished in the 9\/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, city officials on Wednesday honored hundreds of additional cops who have since died from illnesses<\/a> related to recovery efforts at the site.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe families of first responders view the new 9\/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza on Sept. 9, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A special memorial unveiling at police headquarters in lower Manhattan revealed the names of 469 officers who contracted illnesses while working the Ground Zero pile in the months after the attack, and later died.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery officer present that day embodied the NYPD\u2019s creed that the duty to protect is not a job that one clocks out of, but a calling one answers until the very end,\u201d Mayor Mamdani told the One Police Plaza crowd.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (2R) and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch attend an unveiling ceremony for a new 9\/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza in New York, on Sept. 9, 2026. (Photo by kena betancur \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we say, \u2018Never forget,\u2019 it is not an empty platitude. It is an obligation to honor all that was given by the men and women of the NYPD and their fellow first responders by tending to those who are sick and by building a city worthy of their sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani was joined Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch<\/a> and top police brass who recognized the hero cops department\u2019s memorial wall, including Officer John William Perry, who arrived at police headquarters on the morning of Sept. 11 to turn in his badge, his first step toward pursing a career in law.<\/p>\n

\"FamilyFamily members of first responders stand by the new 9\/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza in New York, on Sept. 9, 2026. (Photo by kena betancur \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Perry was in the middle of filing his retirement paperwork when the first plane struck the Trade Center\u2019s North Tower. Mamdani said Perry asked for his badge back ran into the fire.<\/p>\n

Perry, one of the 23 NYPD cops who died that day, was last seen helping a woman out of the South Tower before rushing back in.<\/p>\n

\"AA photo of NYPD Officer John William Perry is pictured during a street renaming ceremony at Madison Ave. and E. 101st St. in Manhattan on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe history represented by this wall is still being written.\u201d Tisch said. \u201cThere are families who lost someone on Sept. 11, and families whose loss came years later. There are others who continue to live with the effects of that service today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, the city honored Perry by naming a street after him<\/a> on the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n

\"FamilyFamily members of first responders stand by the new 9\/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza in New York, on Sept. 9, 2026. (Photo by kena betancur \/ AFP via Getty Images)
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