Active duty Yonkers Fire Lt. John "J-Rod" Rodriguez died Tuesday night from a 9/11-related cancer. He was 53 years old. Rodriguez leaves behind a wife and two children. "John Rodriguez was first and foremost a family man, a loving and devoted husband and proud father," said Yonkers Fire Union President Barry McGoey, who joined the department with Rodriguez in October 2000. "John was a heroic and brave firefighter who had the respect and admiration of all of his brother and sister firefighters. The Yonkers Firefighters grieve with John's wife and two sons who are in our thoughts and prayers."