9/11 First Responder Luis Alvarez, Who Testified with Jon Stewart, Is Now in Hospice Care
Jason Duaine Hahn
People•June 20, 2019
Luis Alvarez, who recently made an impassioned plea to lawmakers to push for reauthorizing funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, is now in hospice care after a years-long battle with a 9/11-linked cancer.
The former U.S. Marine and bomb-squad detective for the New York Police Department appeared before Congress alongside comedian Jon Stewart on June 11, where he revealed he had undergone 68 rounds of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2016. Since then, the 53-year-old has gone through multiple operations to remove portions of his colon, gallbladder and liver, the New York Daily News reported.
His 69th chemotherapy session, Alvarez explained to lawmakers, was scheduled for the very next day.
“I have been to many places in this world and done many things, but I can tell you that I did not want to be anywhere else but ground zero when I was there,” Alvarez said, according to FOX 6. “Now the 9/11 illnesses have taken many of us, and we are all worried about our children, our spouses and our families and what happens if we are not here.”
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