Lloyd Frazier, lifelong resident of Huntington who helped to save the lives of an NYPD officer and FDNY firefighter on 9/11 by pulling them into the McDonald’s restaurant he owned on Chambers Street in Manhattan after the Twin Towers fell, was honored by having a section of his hometown street renamed in his memory.
Frazier lost his battle with 9/11-related lung cancer on January 17, 2006 at the age of 53.
The Town of Huntington held a ceremony to unveil a new street sign Highland Court in the town as Lloyd Frazier Way/Highland Court.
Frazier’s McDonald’s restaurant came to be known as “Hotel McDonald’s,” a safe haven for all the first responders and workers at Ground Zero. His McDonald’s mobile unit provided 700,000 free meals to fire fighters, police officers, emergency responders and rescue workers.
Officials, family and friends gathered for the dedication ceremony on Saturday, September 21.
Frazier’s twin children, son Steven Frazier and daughter Gwen Smith were in attendance along with Tom Forte, who taught Frazier how to bartend and gathered many of Lloyd’s old friends for the event.
The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island also honors Frazier’s memory annually with the Lloyd Frazier Memorial Golf & Tennis Outing.