Year Honored | |
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2016 | |
Honoree | |
Tyrone Rogers | |
Agency | |
Fire Department of New York - Bureau of EMS | |
Agency City | |
New York | |
Agency State | |
New York | |
Last Call | |
3/7/2013 | |
Cause of Death | |
9/11 Illness | |
Biography | |
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Tyrone responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center and spent many hours searching the rubble in the days following. At the time he did not know the dust he was exposed to would eventually prove fatal. As a result of this exposure, he died on March 7, 2013. Tyrone’s legacy lives on in the hundreds of children he helped throughout his life. |