Park renamed in honor of Luis Alvarez, Ground Zero hero
Luis Alvarez, a retired NYPD Bomb Squad detective, died in June 2019 after a long battle with cancer stemming from his heroic work at Ground Zero after 9/11.
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Luis Alvarez, a retired NYPD Bomb Squad detective, died in June 2019 after a long battle with cancer stemming from his heroic work at Ground Zero after 9/11.
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The morning, michael bloomberg and ray kelly briefed reporters about the incident. here's some of that. >> well, good morning. i'm joined by governor paterson and christine quinn, police commissioner kelly, fire commissioner, fdny chief of department ed culdif, fbi special assistant in charge, joe esposito, chief of detectives, david cohen, bomb squad commanding officer, mark torre. before i begin, let me say that we are very lucky. thanks to alert new yorkers and professional police officers, we avoided what could have been a very deadly event. i'm going to begin by telling
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