Paul R. Stuewer
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Investigator

Paul R. Stuewer

New York State Police — Albany, NY
End of Watch October 5, 2016
Age 51
Tour of Duty 26 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Investigator Paul Stuewer succumbed from cancer that he developed while assigned to recovery operations at the World Trade Center site following the September 11th, 2001, Terrorist Attacks.

Investigator Stuewer had served with the New York State Police for 26 years.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Investigator Paul R. Stuewer was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 36 years old that fall.

He died on October 5, 2016 - 15 years later - of an illness contracted there. He was 51.

He is one of 600 officers honored here, and one of 38 at New York State Police.

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, six children, and parents.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Investigator Stuewer gave the New York State Police 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New York. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Stuewer.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Albany, Albany County, NY
Platform Identity nysp.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 5, 2016
Tour of Duty 26 yrs
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

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

The Sacrifice · Illness

Paul 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 2016, 31 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 12th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Paul was 51. 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. Paul had served 26 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

October holds 14.9% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Wednesdays: 14%.

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 State Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Paul among them.

Across the years
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Where

Investigator Paul R. Stuewer

New York State Police · End of Watch October 5, 2016

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

Also Remembered

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