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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A retired NYPD detective who died of cancer related to his work at ground zero and fought for continued benefits for other 9/11 responders was honored Tuesday at City Hall. Mayor ...

Luis Alvarez, the terminally ill 9/11 first responder who gave an emotional plea in front of Congress before going into hospice care, has died. He was 53. Alvarez, a former New York Police Department ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former police detective who fought until his final days for the extension of health benefits for Sept. 11 responders was hailed as a hero Wednesday by family, fellow officers and ...

Retired NYPD bomb squad detective Luis Alvarez, who battled cancer years after working at the scene of World Trade Center collapse, was memorialized Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic ...

McCain's comments are a reaction to President's Trump's 9/11 victim bill speech. Meghan McCain said she thinks about the late 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez's son "almost every day" on "The View" ...

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 ...

Just three days after he helped save a 9-year-old girl from a shark attack, 31-year-old Luis Alvarez was arrested for allegedly driving without a valid driver's license He is now facing potential ...