Funeral scheduled for detective who fought for Sept. 11 fund

Detective Luis Alvarez appeared with former"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart last month to plead with Congress to extend the compensation fund.

Alvarez, who died Saturday of colorectal cancer, was admitted to a hospice within days of his testimony.Alvarez spent three months in the World Trade Center rubble after the 2001 attacks. Researchers continue to study potential links between responders' illnesses and toxins from the cleanup. The bill to replenish the fund that provides compensation to those responders passed a congressional committee unanimously.This story has been corrected to reflect that"Victim" in the proper name"Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund" is singular, not plural.

JamsbyRebecca My condolences to Luis Alvarez and his family. He was a true leader and a hero.

When I see this picture of Mr. Alvarez and then the picture of him testifying, so much suffering. I hope he’s at peace now and Congress does their job senatemajldr

Wow...my condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

May this hero Rest In Peace😔 We Will NOT FORGET

Prayers are with his family.

So, so sad.

Marilyn31682963 No more pain This poor man has lived in hell since 911 So sad My thanks to him for his hard work. He never gave up My condolences to all his family

🇺🇸❤️ A true American hero...

My deepest sympathies to man well respected! He died for his country!

God bless his soul and continue to watch over him for eternity. Amen

Prayers for their family and friends

Did McConnell let the funding for 9/11 first responders pass yet?

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God bless 🙏🏻🙏🏻. Prayers for his family

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hero

😢 R.I.P. and thank you for your service !

R.I.P. 🙏🙏🙏

Deserves a Hero's Funeral with every honor possible.

The Heroes of 911 are plentiful, and in the days after that event, we were ALL Americans, not of any particular race, creed, religion or political party. Rest in Peace, sir.

Condolences to Family!

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NYPD detective who fought for 9/11 responders dies - Reuters TVThe former NYPD detective Luis Alvarez who fought alongside comedian Jon Stewart for Congress to extend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund died on Saturday at the age of 53 after battling cancer, according to his family in a Facebook post. TV senatemajldr TV NeverForget that Nazi EU UN Islam axis German state attacked USA on 9/11-2001. D’Estaign of EC/EU France invaded & bombed US Embassies in MENA & UN was led by Nazi SS Military Intelligence war criminal Kurt Waldheim 1971-1981 & he led EU Austria 1984-1992 TV Rest in peace sir and thank you for your service to our city and our country. You will be missed and remembered, but never forgotten.
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