Roll of Honor
Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr.
Incident
Lieutenant Robert Cirri was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
The lieutenant was an instructor at the Port Authority Police Academy and had responded to the scene from Jersey City, New Jersey. He and four other officers were attempting to carry a woman to safety when the North Tower collapsed.
Lieutenant Cirri served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for 15 years.
September 11, 2001
Lieutenant Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr. was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 39 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 wife, six children, stepchildren, and his parents.
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Tributes
You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Lieutenant Cirri gave the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Cirri.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr. 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 NJ, 264 of 646 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40.9% of this state's fallen. That is 13.3 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, 41 of 60 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 68.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr. Compares
Offender Outcome
19 suicide attackers
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr. is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Robert Dominick Cirri, Sr. was killed by aircraft; passenger jet.
Incident Location
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