Jon Stewart Attends Funeral of Hero 9/11 Responder Who Died of Cancer

Retired Fire Department of New York Lieutenant and 9/11 responder Michael O'Connell, left, FealGood Foundation co-founder John Feal, center, and former Daily Show Host Jon Stewart, right, applaud following testimony from Retired New York Police Department detective and 9/11 responder Luis Alvarez during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 11, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart attended the funeral of 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of cancer days ago at the age of 53.

Alvarez, a retired NYPD bomb squad detective, who recently described for Congress his 9/11-related medical issues during an impassioned appeal for an extension of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, died Saturday, June 29, from colorectal cancer in a New York hospice.