Hundreds gathered at the Church of St. Gregory the Great for a funeral mass, paying their respects to Kenneth Fusco Sr., a man remembered as both a dedicated first responder and a pillar of the community.
Fusco served as a Harrison firefighter for 45 years and was among the many who responded to ground zero in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the years that followed, he battled illnesses linked to his service at ground zero. He died on May 18, and his death is being recognized as a line-of-duty loss, underscoring the continued toll of 9/11 on first responders decades later…