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Alick W. Herrmann
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Detective

Alick W. Herrmann

New York City Police Department — New York, NY
September 11, 2001 → Illness
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End of Watch December 23, 2011
Age 49
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Badge 1903
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Gender Male
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Incident

Alick W. "Al" Herrmann was appointed to the New York City Police Department on 9 January 1986 and began his career on patrol in the 75 Precinct. He went on to serve in Brooklyn South East Narcotics, the Queens North and Queens South Narcotics Divisions, Vice, the Auto Crime Division, and the 102 and 100 Detective Squads. He was promoted to detective on 25 September 1992 and earned second grade on 27 May 2005. In 20 years on the force he made nearly 400 arrests and was recognized six times for excellent police duty and five times for meritorious police duty, and he received a commendation. He retired from the 100 Squad on 13 January 2006.

Detective Herrmann developed myelogenous leukemia as a result of his rescue and recovery work after the attacks of 11 September 2001. After a bone marrow transplant in September 2008, he was in remission for two years, but the cancer returned in 2011 and by July he needed more transplants. He died on 23 December 2011 at the age of 49. The department declared his death in the line of duty, and his name was added to the memorial walls in 2013.

He was survived by his wife, Dorothy, a retired police officer from the 75 Precinct, their two sons and his siblings.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Detective Alick W. Herrmann was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 39 years old that fall.

He died on December 23, 2011 - 10 years and 3 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 49.

He is one of 600 officers honored here, and one of 451 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

He is 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.
Detective Herrmann 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, Detective Herrmann.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department
Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 23, 2011
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 49
Badge Number 1903
Gender Male
Assignment 100 Squad

Incident Details

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

The Sacrifice · Illness

Alick 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 2011, 23 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 15th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alick was 49. 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. Alick 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

December holds 9.6% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. 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 City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Alick among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Alick W. Herrmann

New York City Police Department · End of Watch December 23, 2011

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-W

Also Remembered

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial — requiem.nw →

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