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Feb 22, 2021 It’s an image no one will ever erase from their memory. The sight of a gaunt, ashen, and painfully frail NYPD Bomb Squad Detective Lou Alvarez, by his side, a furious Jon Stewart at a mostly empty House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on a bill to make The Victim Compensation fund, which helps first responders made ill by the 9/11 dust permanent. Now, 19 years after the attacks, EVERY 9/11 first responder knows it’s not a question of whether they will get ill, but when. Despite 69 chemotherapy treatments and numerous surgeries for his liver cancer, retired Detective Alvarez traveled from New York City to Washington one last time to try to convince Congress to never forget those heroes who joined the 9/11 rescue and recovery, some working 8 months at Ground Zero. Retired Suffolk County police officer Phil Alvarez, Lou’s older brother, joined Lou on many of these lobbying trips, including his last. The Congressional chamber was filled with ailing 9/11 ....
Meantime, president trump and former president bush who led the nation during the attacks, laying wreaths at the pentagon where 184 people died. vice president pence in shanksville p.a. honoring the 40 passengers and crew members of flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers, sacrificing their own lives. lou alvarez, retired nypd detective who spent his dying days fighting for his fellow 9/11 responders, honored with a metal in new york today. lou alvarez testified on capitol hill as he was preparing for his 69th round of chemotherapy and made a final emotional plea on this network when he was in hospice begging lawmakers to help the responders who will get cancer and other diseases in the years to come. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing this afternoon it s my honor to posthumously present the public service medal to lou alvarez. detective alvarez was a hero who spent his last weeks of life urging congress to make the 9/11 ....
Thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. [applause] i want each of you too you know that is holding you in the arms of its wonderful, wonderful heart. and we are all grieving by your side. our whole nation praise and pays tribute to the incredible life and legacy of detective alvarez. how hard he worked and how much he suffered. and we really want to thank him. he was really something. people understood it very well. really great. thank you. we have an obligation, and it s a sacred obligation to the families and first responders of 9/11. here with us today is chief john joyce, former fire chief of the midtown manhattan firehouse. on september 11th, 15 of his men raced into the ashes of hell and ....