Steven W. Greene
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Zone Sergeant

Steven W. Greene

New York State Police — Albany, NY
End of Watch October 24, 2025
Age 65
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Zone Sergeant Steven Greene died as a 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.

Zone Sergeant Greene had served with the New York State Police for 20 years.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Zone Sergeant Steven W. Greene was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 41 years old that fall.

He died on October 24, 2025 - 24 years and 1 month later - of an illness contracted there. He was 65.

He is one of 600 officers honored here, and one of 38 at New York State Police.

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 was survived by his wife and two sons.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Zone Sergeant Greene gave the New York State Police 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New York. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Zone Sergeant Greene.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Albany, Albany County, NY
Platform Identity nysp.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 24, 2025
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 65
Gender Male

Incident Details

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

The Sacrifice · Illness

Steven is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2025, 19 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 17th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Steven was 65. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Steven 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

October holds 14.9% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 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 State Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Steven among them.

Across the years
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Where

Zone Sergeant Steven W. Greene

New York State Police · End of Watch October 24, 2025

Where the Name Is Cut

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