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ICYMI: Ex-Levittown Fire Department Captain Dies Of 9/11 Illness

Check out this story reported last week on Levittown Patch.

Check out this story reported last week on Levittown Patch.
Check out this story reported last week on Levittown Patch. (Kevin Imm/ ImmsterFirePhotos.com)

LEVITTOWN, NY — Scott "Brutus" Johnston, a former Levittown fire captain and NYPD sergeant, died recently of an illness stemming from the 9/11 attacks. He was 50.

Johnston, of Levittown, was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma nearly two years ago, the state's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 69 wrote in a Facebook post.

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