Inscribed
National September 11 Memorial South Pool · Panel S-29
Police Officer
Also kept at
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Police Officer
In memory of
Richard Rodriguez
1970 – 2001 Today would have been the birthday. A white rose is at the name.
- Born in
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Killed that day
- September 11, 2001, aged 31
- Lived in
- Cliffwood, New Jersey
- Worked
- Police Officer, Police Academy, Port Authority Police Department
- Held on
- September 11, 2001 · The World Trade Center
Officer Richard Rodriguez was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
Officer Rodriguez was at the police academy at the time the first plane struck, and he immediately responded to the scene with other officers, arriving just as the second plane hit the towers. Officer Rodriguez was credited with saving many lives before being killed during the second collapse.
Officer Rodriguez had served with the Port Authority Police for eight years and was assigned to the Police Academy.
Survived by
He is survived by his wife.
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Died together
Police Academy, Port Authority Police · 5 lost together
What people have said 1
I did not know you, but I know what was taken that day. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026