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Detective

Angel Esquerete

New York City Police Department — New York, NY
September 11, 2001 → Illness
United States flag New York flag
End of Watch August 2, 2022
Badge 937
The Vigil Panel 396 · Column 4 · Line 17 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Also Remembered Department 1,221

Incident

Angel Esquerete joined the New York City Police Department on 25 January 1982 and was promoted to detective on 22 September 1989. He served with the 19th Precinct Detective Squad in Manhattan, carrying shield 937.

After the attacks of 11 September 2001 he worked in the rescue and recovery at the World Trade Center. He retired from the 19th Squad on 31 January 2002. He died in August 2022 of illnesses he contracted from that work, and his death was recognized as in the line of duty. He was survived by his wife and four children.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

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.

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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 August 2, 2022
Badge Number 937
Gender Male
Assignment 19th Precinct Detective Squad

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Angel is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2022, 135 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 4th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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When

August holds 10.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 13.3%.

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By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Angel among them.

Across the years

Detective Angel Esquerete

New York City Police Department · End of Watch August 2, 2022

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