Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: New York Weapon: Aircraft; Passenger jet Offender: 19 suicide attackers
Special Agent Leonard Hatton was killed during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Special Agent Hatton had entered one of the towers in an attempt to evacuate more victims when the building collapsed.
Agent Hatton was assigned to the Joint Bank Robbery Task Force, and had served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 15 years. Only three months before the attack he had testified in the trial of a follower of the terrorist group.
Agent Hatton was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
September 11, 2001
Special Agent Leonard Hatton was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 45 years old.
He is one of 72 officers honored here.
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 wife and four children.
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You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Special Agent Hatton gave the United States Department of Justice 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Hatton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Leonard Hatton served in the Marine Corps (1980â1985) before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent Leonard Hatton is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, 37 of 89 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 41.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Leonard Hatton's cause is highlighted.
How Leonard Hatton Compares
Offender Outcome
19 suicide attackers
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Leonard Hatton is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Leonard Hatton was killed by aircraft; passenger jet.
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