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Year Honored
2016
Honoree
Harold McNeil
Agency
Fire Department of New York - Bureau of EMS
Agency City
New York
Agency State
New York
Last Call
9/8/2015
Cause of Death
9/11 Illness
Biography
Like many of his coworkers, Harold responded to and spent countless hours at the World Trade Center following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Harold retired in 2004 to Pennsylvania where he drove a school bus and stayed active in his community and church, singing in the choir and knitting hats for infants and preemies for a local hospital. Harold died on September 8, 2015 from complications of exposure to toxins at the World Trade Center site. He will be remembered for his encouraging words, warm smile, and an inviting embrace.