By Police1 Staff
NEW YORK — An NYPD recruit who was sworn in on July died after a short battle with leukemia early Tuesday.
The New York Daily News reports that Jake Siciliano, 23, died a month after he was admitted to the hospital. Siciliano was diagnosed with the deadly disease just three months into his training. He was just one month away from graduating from the academy, the LI Herald reports.
Police said Siciliano was considered to be on active duty even after he was hospitalized. He leaves behind a fiancé, who he got engaged with on Oct. 1, two weeks before he received the diagnosis.
Last month, his friends set up a GoFundMe page to support his medical expenses. They were able to raise more than $21,000 as of Nov. 16, 2017.
A fundraiser hosted by the Lynbrook Alumni group to raise money for medical expenses was scheduled to take place on Saturday. The event is still planned to take place to honor his memory.
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