Officials honor hero 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez with renaming of local park near home

Officials in New York renamed a local park Tuesday in honor of deceased former New York Police Det. Luis Alvarez, who became the face of struggling 9/11 first responders after became afflicted with illness from his time at Ground Zero.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran pushed to rename the park after Alvarez shortly after he died in 2019 from cancer. "It means so much that we're able to dedicate this park, this little patch of green less than a mile from his home, to a fallen American hero whose altruism ranged from his bravery on the job during 9/11, and of course, to his dying day," Curran said.