Bill Keegan is the Founder and President of a non-profit, H.E.A.R.T. 9/11

The Mission of H.E.A.R.T. 9/11 is to alleviate the suffering of individuals and communities coping with disasters and mass trauma. Most recently Bill and a group of twenty highly trained H.E.A.R.T. 9/11 members responded to Haiti to provide emergency medical treatment to the earthquake victims and establish logistical and security systems to other relief groups. 
Lt. Keegan co-authored with Bart Davis the book “Closure- the Untold Story of Ground Zero”, published by Touchstone/Simon and Schuster. Bill was featured in a Parade Magazine cover story, is a N.Y. Times op-ed contributor, and has spoken at Georgetown, Rutgers, and Stony Brook University. Bill Keegan recently accepted an invitation to sit on the Project Rebirth Board of Directors.

A highly decorated Lieutenant in the Special Operations Division (S.O.D) and a 20 year veteran of the Port Authority Police Department, Bill Keegan was Night Operations Commander of the WTC Rescue/Recovery Teams, and awarded the highest medal for the WTC 9/11 assault. His other awards include the 1993 WTC Bombing Medal of Valor for his rescue of school children trapped in a stalled elevator; the Hanratty Medal of Valor, over fifty police duty medals and is certified at the 400 level of the Incident Command System. Lt. Keegan is also a member of the N.Y.P.D. and New Jersey Honor Legions.