Roll of Honor
Incident
Undersheriff Stephen McLoud died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the recovery efforts at the Fresh Kills landfill site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.
Undersheriff McLoud had served with the Cayuga County Sheriff's for 23 years and was the agency's chief criminal investigator at the time he responded to assist with recovery efforts. He had also served with the Weedsport Fire Department for 20 years.
September 11, 2001 - The Years After
Undersheriff Stephen B. McLoud was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 42 years old that fall.
He died on August 29, 2019 - 17 years and 11 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 59.
He is one of 599 officers honored here.
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 and two children.
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.
Undersheriff McLoud gave the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Auburn community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff McLoud.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Undersheriff Stephen B. McLoud 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 Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen B. McLoud's cause is highlighted.
How Stephen B. McLoud Compares
Offender Outcome
19 suicide attackers
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen B. McLoud is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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