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Glen Pettit, 9/11 victim from LI, gets NYC street sign

Tom and Jane Wixted, members of the extended

Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | Tom and Jane Wixted, members of the extended Pettit family and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly gather around a new street sign in honor of Officer Glen K. Pettit outside the police academy on East 20th Street in Manhattan. (Dec. 1, 2012)

Glen Pettit, an NYPD officer and journalist from Long Island who died in the south tower on 9/11, will soon be known to anyone walking near the corner of East 20th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, because of a new street sign bearing his name.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced the street-sign dedication during a ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday that was attended by police, city officials...

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