Parking lot collision claims life of father who fought for 9/11 act in son’s name

A parking lot crash in Atlantic County has claimed the life Joseph C. Zadroga, the father of a New York City police officer who died in 2006 from a respiratory illness attributed to inhaling dust at the World Trade Center site, which led him to fight for legislation to help 9/11 first responders pay for post health problems.

Zadroga, 76, of Little Egg Harbor, was killed Saturday, Jan. 13, when he was struck by another vehicle while standing by his vehicle in a rehabilitation center parking lot on West Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway, the Galloway police said in a release.