Henryk Siwiak, a 46-year-old Polish immigrant, was shot and killed in Brooklyn on the night of September 11, 2001. After being sent home from a Lower Manhattan construction site following the World Trade Center attacks, he took a job at a Pathmark in an unfamiliar part of Brooklyn. Just before midnight he exited the subway at the wrong stop and, wearing camouflage and speaking little English, wandered into the Bedford-Stuyvesant area. He was shot once in the lung at Albany Avenue and Decatur Street, staggered to a nearby house and rang the bell, but collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:42 p.m.

Investigators considered several theories including a robbery gone wrong and the possibility he was mistaken for someone linked to the day’s attacks because of his accent and clothing. The investigation was hindered by the chaos of 9/11 and the case remains unsolved with no arrests or named suspects and a reward having been offered. Does anyone have information about Siwiak’s movements that night or about witnesses in that neighborhood?