Roll of Honor
Paul C. Adam
Incident
Conservation Lieutenant Paul Adam died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
Lieutenant Adam had served with the New York State Environmental Conservation Police for 26 years and had previously served with the New York State University Police at SUNY Oswego for four years.
September 11, 2001 - The Years After
Conservation Lieutenant Paul C. Adam was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 41 years old that fall.
He died on September 8, 2015 - 13 years and 11 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 54.
He is one of 599 officers honored here, and one of 5 at New York State Environmental Conservation 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, son, daughter, two brothers, and two sisters.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Conservation Lieutenant Adam gave the New York State Environmental Conservation Police 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Lieutenant Adam.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Conservation Lieutenant Paul C. Adam 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 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 State Environmental Conservation Police, 7 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 38.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul C. Adam's cause is highlighted.
How Paul C. Adam Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Paul C. Adam is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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