Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Stanley Kasper 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.
Officer Kasper was a United States Marine Corps military police veteran and had served with the Yonkers Police Department for 22 years.
September 11, 2001 - The Years After
Police Officer Stanley J. Kasper was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 43 years old that fall.
He died on July 9, 2021 - 19 years and 9 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 62.
He is one of 599 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Yonkers 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.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, and three grandchildren.
In Our Keeping
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Police Officer Kasper gave the Yonkers Police Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yonkers community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Kasper.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Stanley J. Kasper served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Stanley J. Kasper is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 629 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.3% of this state's fallen. That is 20.2 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Yonkers Police Department, 6 of 20 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 30% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stanley J. Kasper's cause is highlighted.
How Stanley J. Kasper Compares
Offender Outcome
19 suicide attackers
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Stanley J. Kasper is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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