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9/11 responder who testified with Jon Stewart moved to hospice care
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/449385-first-responder-who-testified-with-jon-stewart-moved-to-hospice-care
A 9/11 first responder who testified alongside comedian Jon Stewart during an emotional House Judiciary Committee hearing last week said he is now in hospice care.
Lou Alvarez wrote on Facebook that he was placed in hospice care a day after his trip to Capitol Hill, where he advocated for a bill to extend funding for 9/11 first responders.
"I’m now in hospice," Alvarez wrote, adding that there is "nothing else the doctors can do to fight the cancer. It had nothing to do with my trip to DC, that was just coincidence."
Alvarez said he was scheduled for chemo the day after his trip to Washington, D.C., and the nurse noticed he was "disoriented." He later found out his liver had stopped filtering out toxins because of his tumor and his body was filling up with ammonia, he said.
The retired NYPD detective said he is now resting and at peace and will continue to highlight the effort to secure 9/11 first responder benefits that "we all justly deserve."
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A 9/11 first responder who testified alongside comedian Jon Stewart during an emotional House Judiciary Committee hearing last week said he is now in hospice care.
Lou Alvarez wrote on Facebook that he was placed in hospice care a day after his trip to Capitol Hill, where he advocated for a bill to extend funding for 9/11 first responders.
"I’m now in hospice," Alvarez wrote, adding that there is "nothing else the doctors can do to fight the cancer. It had nothing to do with my trip to DC, that was just coincidence."
Alvarez said he was scheduled for chemo the day after his trip to Washington, D.C., and the nurse noticed he was "disoriented." He later found out his liver had stopped filtering out toxins because of his tumor and his body was filling up with ammonia, he said.
The retired NYPD detective said he is now resting and at peace and will continue to highlight the effort to secure 9/11 first responder benefits that "we all justly deserve."
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It’s heartbreaking.
Heart-wrenching. May your goodness and self-sacrifice be forever remembered.
