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 ...

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 ...