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Mohammad Salman Hamdani: A Lab Analyst

Mohammad Salman Hamdani was a former police cadet and trained EMT who responded as a first responder to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Sadly, his heroism cost him his life and it took months to recover his remains from the rubble. Due to his Pakistani background and name, he immediately fell under suspicion despite his selfless actions. It wasn't until after his death was confirmed that he was cleared of any wrongdoing. While the government acknowledged their mistake, his family still reports difficulties having his name properly honored on 9/11 memorials.

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Mohammad Salman Hamdani: A Lab Analyst

Mohammad Salman Hamdani was a former police cadet and trained EMT who responded as a first responder to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Sadly, his heroism cost him his life and it took months to recover his remains from the rubble. Due to his Pakistani background and name, he immediately fell under suspicion despite his selfless actions. It wasn't until after his death was confirmed that he was cleared of any wrongdoing. While the government acknowledged their mistake, his family still reports difficulties having his name properly honored on 9/11 memorials.

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Mohammad Salman Hamdani

The son of Pakistani immigrants, Hamdani was a former police cadet and
trained emergency medical technician. In 2001, he was a lab analyst at
Rockefeller University’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute. On September
11, he was one of the first responders to the attack on the World Trade
Center, although he was not acting in an official capacity. Sadly, this
heroism ended up costing him his life, and it would take months before his
remains were found beneath the rubble. Unfortunately, due to his name,
suspicion was immediately cast on him following his disappearance.
Immediately after the attack, law enforcement circulated his photograph
with the words “hold and detain” written underneath it.

It wasn’t until some time after his confirmed death that Hamdani was
cleared of suspicion. Eventually, the government acknowledged their
mistake enough that his name was listed in the legislation for the Patriot
Act as someone who had acted heroically during the attacks and a street
name was changed in his honor. Still, his family reports that it has proven
difficult to have his name listed on 9/11 memorials.

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