Eight police officers who died from illnesses suffered after Sept. 11 were honored yesterday with medals from the New York Police Department, including a detective whose medical drug use raised questions about the cause of his death.
Commissioner Raymond Kelly presented distinguished service medals to the families of the officers, the first time the award has been bestowed. The officers' names have already been added to the department's wall of heroes at police headquarters and a police memorial in lower Manhattan.
The police department has a medical board that determines whether a death happened in the line of duty, said Paul Browne, NYPD spokesman. "Once they make that determination, which they did in this case, we found him and the others eligible and worthy of recognition," he said.
Others honored for their deaths of 9/11-related illnesses are: James Godbee, an officer who died in 2004 of lung disease; Robert Williamson, a detective who died of pancreatic cancer a year ago; Dets. Kevin G. Hawkins and John T. Young; and Officers Angelo Peluso, Ronald E. Weintraub and Thomas G. Brophy.
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