Man who lost wife and daughter in 9/11 dies of cancer

A man whose daughter and Cork-born wife were killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York has died of cancer in the US.

David McCourt, who lost his wife, Ruth, and their four-year-old daughter, Juliana, when United Airways Flight 175 hit the World Trade Center, passed away last Thursday.

Local media reported the 61-year-old died at the CT Hospice in Connecticut following a lengthy battle with metastatic melanoma.