Anthony N. Brognano
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Detective

Anthony N. Brognano

End of Watch August 7, 2019
Age 55
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Anthony Brognano died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.

Detective Brognano had served with the New York City Police Department, Brooklyn South Gang Unit.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Detective Anthony N. Brognano was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 38 years old that fall.

He died on August 7, 2019 - 17 years and 10 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 55.

He is one of 599 officers honored here, and one of 450 at New York City Police Department.

The most recent of these deaths was October 24, 2025.

Officers who worked the search, rescue, and recovery at the World Trade Center site breathed contaminated air for weeks and months afterward. Many developed cancers and respiratory disease, and they have gone on dying of it ever since.

Seventy-two officers were killed on the morning itself. Hundreds more have died in the years that followed. They are honored here together, because the same attack killed them all. With some it simply took longer.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Detective Brognano gave the New York City Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Brognano.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 7, 2019
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail 9/11 related illness
Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet

The Sacrifice · Illness

Anthony is one of 2,026 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2019, 45 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 9th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Anthony was 55. Of the 1,994 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Anthony had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

August holds 10.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 15%. Wednesdays: 13.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause. The weapon recorded was aircraft; passenger jet, in 29.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Anthony among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Anthony N. Brognano

New York City Police Department · End of Watch August 7, 2019

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-W

Also Remembered

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