Raymond R. Newcomb
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Lieutenant

Raymond R. Newcomb

End of Watch February 7, 2025
Age 70
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Ray Newcomb 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.

Lieutenant Newcomb had served with the New York City Police Department for 20 years, assigned to the Queens North Narcotics Division.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Lieutenant Raymond R. Newcomb was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 47 years old that fall.

He died on February 7, 2025 - 23 years and 4 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 70.

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

Survivors include his wife, five children, eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Lieutenant Newcomb 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, Lieutenant Newcomb.

— 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 February 7, 2025
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 70
Gender Male

Incident Details

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

The Sacrifice · Illness

Raymond 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 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

Raymond was 70. 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. Raymond 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

February holds 6.1% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 15%. Fridays: 14.8%.

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, Raymond among them.

Across the years
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Where

Lieutenant Raymond R. Newcomb

New York City Police Department · End of Watch February 7, 2025

Where the Name Is Cut

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