# @nbcnewyork on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=S9V_XVKNCSA
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- **Posted:** 2019-07-02T17:36:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC New York (@nbcnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/nbcnewyork

## Caption

"I want you to know that my time to leave this world is fast approaching. My goal and legacy in this world was to see the VCF bill passed," retired NYPD and 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez wrote to Sen. Mitch McConnell before he died Saturday.

More on Alvarez: Former NYPD detective and 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez, who spent his final days pleading with Congress on behalf of his fellow first responders, will be remembered Tuesday at a wake on Long Island.

At the end of his three-year battle with colon cancer, Alvarez wrote a note to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, pleaing for an extension of benefits to first responders who suffer from 9/11 related illnesses. "My time to leave this world is fast approaching. My goal and legacy in this world was to see VCF (Victims Compensation Fund) bill passed," the handwritten note read, in part.

His wake will be held at Towers Funeral Home in Oceanside from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. His funeral service is set for Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria at 10 a.m.

Instead of flowers, Alvarez's family has requested donations in his name to charities like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Kids Need More and FealGood Foundation, according to family representative Matt McCauley. 

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- **Views:** 548
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## Tags

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