Roll of Honor
Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer
Incident
Officer Alfonse Niedermeyer was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
He was last seen rushing into the South Tower.
Officer Niedermeyer had served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for 17 years. In 1992, he received a citation for rescuing passengers from a US Airways jet that skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport. He was survived by his expectant wife and son. His daughter was born in May 2002.
September 11, 2001
Police Officer Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 40 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
He was survived by his expectant wife and son.
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Tributes
You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Niedermeyer gave the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Niedermeyer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.
In NJ, 264 of 646 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40.9% of this state's fallen. That is 40.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, 41 of 60 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 68.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer's cause is highlighted.
How Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Alfonse Joseph Niedermeyer was killed by aircraft; passenger jet.
Incident Location
Where the Name Is Cut
National September 11 Memorial · Panel 28
Also Remembered
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