Jeffrey A. Burke

Major

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In memory of

Jeffrey A. Burke

2024

Died of it afterward
December 31, 2024, aged 51
The day
The Years After

Their life

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.

Survived by

He is survived by his wife and two children.

What people have said 1

We never met, but I have read your name and I will not forget it.

S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026