Hundreds of officers of the NYPD lined the streets of Astoria, New York to give an emotional farewell to their former colleague and 9/11 first responder, Luis Alvarez.<br /><br />The funeral was held yesterday (July 3) after Alvarez passed away after a three-year fight with colorectal cancer at a hospice on June 29.<br /><br />Alvarez claimed his cancer was caused by being exposed to harmful substances after digging through the rubble at ground zero.<br /><br />Since the attacks on the twin towers, Alvarez had campaigned for the victims who are still suffering the effects of that day.
