Former NYS trooper stationed in Dunkirk dies from 9/11-related illness

Former NYS trooper stationed in Dunkirk dies from 9/11-related illness

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A former New York State Trooper last assigned to Dunkirk died Thursday due to an illness related to responding to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, state police said. Mark Ondus was 56 years old when he died. He was assigned in and around the World Trade Center and suffered from an unnamed illness following the assignment. Around 400,000 people were exposed to toxic contaminants around Sep…