Roll of Honor
Moira Ann Smith
Incident
Officer Moira Reddy-Smith was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center. Officer Reddy-Smith was the first officer to report the terrorist attack when she witnessed the first plane strike the first tower.
Officer Reddy-Smith's remains were located in March 2002.
Officer Reddy-Smith had served with the New York City Police Department for 13 years and was assigned to the 13th Precinct.
September 11, 2001
Police Officer Moira Ann Smith was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. She was 38 years old.
She is one of 72 officers honored here, and one of 23 at New York City 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
She is survived by her husband, also a New York City Police Officer, and her two-year-old daughter.
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- September 21, 2026
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Tributes
You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Reddy-Smith gave the New York City Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Reddy-Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Moira Ann Smith 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 NY, 754 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.1% of this state's fallen. That is 35.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Police Department, 382 of 1237 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 30.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Moira Ann Smith's cause is highlighted.
How Moira Ann Smith Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Moira Ann Smith is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Moira Ann Smith was killed by aircraft; passenger jet.
Incident Location
Where the Name Is Cut
National September 11 Memorial · Panel 24
Also Remembered
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