Police Officers • WTC Health Program • Victim Compensation Fund
9/11 NYPD Hero Passes Away Weeks After Cancer Diagnosis
By Michael Barasch
NYPD Sergeant Cornelius J. Douglas, 56, of West Nyack, passed away on June 24 of pancreatic cancer he developed as a result of his exposure to Ground Zero toxins as a 9/11 first responder – only a few weeks after he was diagnosed. Sergeant Douglas joined the New York City Transit Police Department in 1997, […]
