In memory of
Jeffrey A. Burke
- Died
- December 31, 2024, aged 51
- Died of it afterward
- The Years After
Also kept at
badge.nw↗Location: New York
Incident Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Weapon: Aircraft; Passenger jet
Offender: 19 suicide attackers
Major Jeffrey Burke died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment working the bucket brigade and providing security in the area at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
Major Burke had served with the New Jersey State Police for 26 years.
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Major Burke gave the New Jersey State Police 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Major Burke.
S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Survived by
He is survived by his wife and two children.