Detective Tony Gray 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.
Detective Gray was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the New York City Police Department for 20 years and three months. He was the 2014 Police Officer of the Year. After retirement from the NYPD, he served with the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department (Florida) and the Florida Bureau of Fire, Arson & Explosives Investigations in the Jacksonville Field Office.
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Detective Gray gave the New York City Police Department 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Gray.
S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Survived by
He is survived by his two children, mother, brother, and six grandchildren.