NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hundreds of mourners gathered in Queens Wednesday to bid a final farewell to a retired NYPD detective who died of cancer related to his work at ground zero and fought in Washington ...

Luis Alvarez, a former New York City police detective who fought for the 9/11 Victim Compensation fund, died on Saturday, his attorney said. He was 53. "It is with peace and comfort, that the Alvarez ...

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to say goodbye to Luis Alvarez, the retired police officer who fought for continued health benefits for 9/11 first responders even as he was dying of cancer.

Officials in New York renamed a local park Tuesday in honor of deceased former New York Police Detective Luis Alvarez, who became the face of struggling 9/11 first responders after became afflicted ...

Retired NYPD bomb squad detective Luis Alvarez, a Ground Zero first responder who implored House lawmakers to reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, died today in Rockville Centre, N ...

A funeral is to be held Wednesday for the former New York City police detective who was a leader in the fight for the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund, in which he'll be given a hero’s goodbye.

The final salute to former NYPD detective and 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez, who spent his final days pleading with Congress on behalf of his fellow first responders, started Tuesday afternoon. Family, ...

Alvarez, a former detective for the New York Police Department, was diagnosed with a 9/11-linked cancer in 2016 and died in late June Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for ...

NYPD Det. Luis Alvarez's widow and family pose with a Key to the City at a ceremony also attended by Jon Stewart at City Hall. Matthew McDermott The family of late Ground Zero responder and 9/11 ...

Hundreds of New York City police officers honored a former detective who fought until his final days for the extension of health benefits for 9/11 first responders. The funeral ceremony for Detective ...

Photo: Luis (left) and Walter (right) Alvarez. Luis Alvarez was a physicist with wide ranging interests. At the University of Chicago, he took a class called Advanced Experimental Physics: Light, and ...