James Zadroga

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Zadroga
Occupation	Police Officer
Date Of Birth	Feb 8, 1971(1971-02-08)
Age	53
Date Of Death	2006-01-05
Birthplace	North Arlington
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Aquarius

James Zadroga Biography

James Zadroga is one of the most popular and richest Police Officer who was born on February 8, 1971 in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States. James Zadroga, February 8, 1971 – January 5th 2006 was an officer in New York City’s Police Department (NYPD). He died from a respiratory illness that can be attributed to his involvement in the rescue and recovery of victims in the World Trade Center rubble. Zadroga was first NYPD officer to die from toxic chemicals inhalation at the attack site.

George Pataki, then-Governor of New York, signed legislation to increase death benefits for Ground Zero workers who are diagnosed with cancer or respiratory disease. This was in response to the assumption that they were exposed during recovery efforts. At the World Trade Center, Pataki mentioned Zadroga.

The New York City Medical Examiners Office asserted in October 2007 that Zadroga’s death was not related to his time at Ground Zero, with Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch and another medical examiner signing a statement that “It is our unequivocal opinion, with certainty beyond doubt, that the foreign material in your son’s lungs did not get there as the result of inhaling dust at the World Trade Center or elsewhere”. Hirsch concluded that Zadroga died from self-injection of ground drugs, with Hirsch finding severe scarring in his lungs that he determined was caused by cellulose and talc granulomas and stating (through a spokesperson) that “The lung disease he had was a consequence of injecting prescription drugs”. Officials from the Chief Medical Examiner’s office met with the Zadroga family to present his findings.

Zadroga was honored in his hometown of North Arlington, New Jersey with the renaming of the Skyline Sports Complex, from which the Twin Towers could be seen, which became the James Zadroga Soccer Field as of September 21, 2008. The borough has also dedicated two monuments to Zadroga as part of the ceremonies.

Zadroga was Polish-born. He was married. Rhonda, his wife, died in Florida in October 2005 from a heart attack.

James Zadroga Net Worth

James Zadroga is one of the richest Police Officer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Zadroga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zadroga joined the New York City Police Department as a Detective in 1992. Before he spent 450 hours helping to rebuild the World Trade Center site, Zadroga was a healthy, non-smoker. Zadroga began to experience persistent cough weeks after his visit at the World Trade Center. He was unable walk more than 100 yards without having to gasp for air.

After determining that Zadroga’s exposure to dust at Ground Zero was the cause of his respiratory disease, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund awarded him a monetary settlement exceeding $1M. After concluding that his condition was caused by dust exposure, the New York City Police Department Medical Board approved Zadroga’s application for permanent disability retirement in that same year.

The causes of Zadroga’s death are under dispute. Gerard Breton, a pathologist of the Ocean County, New Jersey medical examiner’s office, conducted an autopsy in April 2006, and he reported, “It is felt with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the cause of death in this case was directly related to the 9/11 incident.” This attribution made Zadroga, 34 years old at the time of his death, the first 9/11 responder whose death was directly linked with toxic Ground Zero substances. Breton’s autopsy found what he described as “unidentified foreign materials” in Zadroga’s lungs, which were identified by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. as talc, cellulose, calcium phosphate, and methacrylate plastic; However, the examination did not compare the particles found in his lungs with actual dust from the World Trade Center site.

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James Ranked on the list of most popular Police Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Zadroga celebrates birthday on February 8 of every year.