Hero cop who danced his way into our hearts at Pride dies of 9/11 related cancer
Source: LGBTQ Nation
By Alex Bollinger · Wednesday, March 15, 2017
NYPD Officer Michael Hance, who made headlines two years ago for twerking at a Pride parade, has died of brain cancer at age 44.
Hance, who has been with the NYPD for 17 years, was part of the bucket brigade immediately after the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, which worked to clear rubble from Ground Zero.
After falling in front of his home last November and feeling dizzy, he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The cancer spread to his lungs, chest, and liver.
He always liked to help people. He always liked to do good, his brother Peter told New York Daily News. Hance, who identified as straight, was working at the Pride parade in Manhattan two years ago when a man who was marching with an LGBT sports group started dancing in front of him to Michael Jacksons Dont Stop Till You Get Enough. Hance started dancing with him, and the 13-second video clip of the moment went viral.
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Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/03/911-cop-danced-gay-boy-viral-video-passed-away
stillsoleft
(80 posts)On the Gay officers action league of NY website
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Rest in Peace, brave warrior
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)You made NYers proud.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,101 posts)Exposure + time is catching up with them all.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)Doesn't seem fair, does it? The 9/11 responders?
My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)on 9/11 to hand out supplies. I said it is incredibly coincidental that my son could have handed his son in law a bottle of water that day. What are the odds?
I hope his son in law is OK...