Nathaniel Webb
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Police Officer

Nathaniel Webb

Illness
End of Watch September 11, 2001
Age 57
Tour of Duty 35 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Nathaniel Webb was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.

Officer Webb had served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for over 35 years.

September 11, 2001

Police Officer Nathaniel Webb was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 57 years old.

He is one of 72 officers honored here, and one of 37 at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 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 two daughters and mother.

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August 2, 2026

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Tributes

You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Webb gave the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Webb.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Jersey City, NJ
Platform Identity panynjpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 11, 2001
Tour of Duty 35 yrs
Age 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Terrorist attack
Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet

Police Officer Nathaniel Webb is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In NJ, 112 of 646 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 17.3% of this state's fallen. That is 17.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, 53 of 60 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 88.3% of this agency's fallen.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department
53
of 60 officers
88.3% Illness
NJ — Statewide
112
of 646 officers
17.3% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nathaniel Webb's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Nathaniel Webb Compares

Age at Death
57
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
35
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Nathaniel Webb is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location