Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Glen Pettit was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
Officer Pettit was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the New York City Police Department for four years, assigned to the Police Academy Video Production Unit.
September 11, 2001
Police Officer Glen Kerrin Pettit was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 30 years old.
He 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
He is survived by his parents, two sisters, and three brothers.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Pettit gave the New York City Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Pettit.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Glen Kerrin Pettit served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Glen Kerrin Pettit is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In NY, 655 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 30.5% of this state's fallen. That is 30.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Police Department, 538 of 1237 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 43.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Glen Kerrin Pettit's cause is highlighted.
How Glen Kerrin Pettit Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Glen Kerrin Pettit is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Glen Kerrin Pettit served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
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