PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A group of about a dozen Philadelphia police officers was sent to New York City 24 years ago to help with recovery and communications at Ground Zero. Many of them, including Mark Fischer, are now sick with cancer and other illnesses.
“I am in need for a lung transplant,” Fischer said. “It has been a struggle.”
Fisher was the commander of the Philadelphia Crime Scene Unit and was sent to New York in 2001 by then-Police Commissioner John Timmoney to help recover human remains…