A retired New Jersey State Police Trooper died this week as a result of an illness contracted while responding to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Trooper Robert Nagle succumbed to complications from kidney cancer, which metastasized to his lungs, on Nov. 26 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, according to a news release.
He was participating in the World Trade Center Health Program, which provides medical monitoring and treatment for responders at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, Shanksville, and survivors who were in the New York City disaster area.
Doctors had determined that Nagle's cancer was related to his response to the attacks.
Nagle was a member of the New Jersey Marine Police and a graduating member of the 116A New Jersey State Police Class, serving New Jersey citizens for 34 years before retiring in November of 2006. His last assignment was with the Commercial Carrier Safety Inspections Central Unit.
Nagle also served his country for six years in the Air National Guard.
He is survived by his wife Regina, sons, Robert Nagle and his wife Gina and Gregory Nagle and his fiancé Michele, grandchildren, Joseph, Rosie and Robert III, brother John Nagle and his wife Diane, brother-in-law Peter Rullo and his wife Cindy, sister-in-law Victoria Rios and beloved dogs, Honey and Millie.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
