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Rodrick C Covington

Gender : Male

Age : 62

Race : Black

Date : 03/31/2022

Location : Unknown

City : New York

County : New York

State : New York

Agency : New York State Police

Cause of Death : Job-Related Illness

Event : Died from 9/11 related exposure illness

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 03/31/2022, Major Rodrick C Covington of the New York State Police died from cancer that was publicly attributed to toxic exposure during his assignment to the World Trade Center recovery operations after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Reporting and memorial notices describe him as a 9/11 first responder and state his illness stemmed from that assignment. His obituary reported he lost a battle with cancer and confirmed his date of death as 03/31/2022.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nyspia.org/memorial-tributes/
https://owensfuneralhomeny.com/current-obituaries.php?id=763&p=17&search=
https://t2t.org/first_responders/rodrick-charles-covington-sr/
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26586-major-rodrick-c-covington