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Police Officer

David Prudencio LeMagne

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department — Jersey City, NJ

September 11, 2001 → Felonious

End of Watch September 11, 2001

Age 27

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 2 Keepsakes Also Remembered Department 59

Incident

Officer David LeMagne was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.

Officer LeMagne had been employed with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for one year, and is survived by his parents and a sister.

September 11, 2001

Police Officer David Prudencio LeMagne was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 27 years old.

He is one of 72 officers honored here, and one of 37 at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department.

Seventy-two law enforcement officers from eight local, state, and federal agencies were killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, alongside 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and more than 2,800 civilians. A fourth aircraft went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a law enforcement officer aboard was among the dead.

Officers went into the towers while everyone else was coming out. More than 25,000 people reached safety because they did.

Survivors

Officer LeMagne had been employed with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for one year, and is survived by his parents and a sister.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer LeMagne gave the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer LeMagne.

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

Agency

Department Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Jersey City, NJ

Platform Identity panynjpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 11, 2001

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Born New York City, New York

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Terrorist attack

Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet

The Sacrifice · Felonious

David is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

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

Compare against

Time

In 2001, 158 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 23rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

David was 27. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. David had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

Age by years of service

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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was aircraft; passenger jet, in 0.5% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded