Floral Park’s Joseph McKie, a retired FDNY chief, died on Sept. 18 due to an illness related to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
McKie, 60, was battalion chief of Battalion 41 and served the department for 31 years before retiring in 2019. In September 2001, he was a lieutenant at Engine 284 in Brooklyn.
The Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York made the announcement of McKie’s passing, along with firefighters Gregg Lawrence and William Hughes.
The total number of firefighters that have succumbed to World Trade Center-related illness has now topped 300. The number of FDNY members killed on Sept. 11, 2001, was 343.
McKie is survived by his wife Eileen, four children Joseph, Christopher, Emily and Grace, brother Paul, sister Joann and other extended family members.
McKie’s funeral was held Thursday morning at Our Lady of Victory Parish on Floral Parkway with his internment taking place at Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury.
