New York State Trooper Nicholas Georgeadis, 52, from Wilton died last year from a 9/11 related illness. Now he’ll be forever etched in our nation’s memory.

His family took part in National Police Week ceremonies this week.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was among the featured speakers at this vigil this week in Washington.

Georgeadis’ was among the families there.

They got to see his name added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial.

The Georgiadis family graciously shared some photos and video of their time there with NewsChannel 13, telling us how moved they were when Nick’s name was read aloud by the State Police superintendent during a candlelight vigil on the National Mall.

Georgeadis responded to the World Trade Center attacks for 13 weeks and his cancer diagnosis was attributed to his exposure there.  He was a husband and father of three.