Officer Rank: Police Officer
Department: New York City, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: 06/27/2020
Cause: 9/11-related incident
Age: 50
Length of Service: 18 years
Police Officer Alongi performed duties related to the rescue and recovery work after the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Officer Alongi died due to malignant neoplasm of the colon on June 27, 2020. The diagnosed illness is on the NIOSH/WTC Health Program list of covered conditions. The April 2020 date of diagnosis is within the established minimum latency period of 4 years established by NIOSH for solid cancers.
