Although Mays died in 2009 from heart disease exacerbated by cocaine, he has not been forgotten, as his son, electronica musician Billy Mays III, discovered during a gravesite visit.

Captain Burke, “Billy,” 46, was my brother. On 9/11, while on the 27th floor of One World Trade Center, the north tower, and aware of the collapse of the south tower, he ordered the successful ...