Police Officer Joe McGarry 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 McGarry was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and had served with the New York City Transit Police Department and the New York City Police Department for 33 years.
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Police Officer McGarry gave the New York City Police Department 33 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer McGarry.
S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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He was survived by his ten children.