Officer Anthony Hanlon

Officer Anthony Hanlon, 49, died on 10/21/18 some 17 years after he served at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 attacks, joining the increasing ranks of public servants who have succumbed to 9/11-related cancer. Hanlon, died a day before his 50th birthday of multiple myeloma. He had been eager to help after the attacks in New York City that leveled both World Trade Center towers. He performed search and rescue duties.

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