The widower of the brave female cop, Moira Smith, who was killed while helping to people evacuate Tower Two during 9/11 attack, has returned his wife's Woman Of The Year award after the same honor was given to Caitlyn Jenner this year.
Moira was the only female among the 23 New York City police department officers who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2009, CNN reported. She was last seen rescuing people out of World Trade Tower before she herself got killed.
Glamour named her Woman of the Year in 2001 and her award was received by her husband James Smith and daughter Patricia Smith.
Posting an open letter to Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive on his social media account, James declared that he found the publication's decision to honor Caitlyn Jenner, who was earlier known as Bruce Jenner, disrespectful and insulting to his late wife's memory.
"Was there no woman in America, or the rest of the world, more deserving than this man?" wrote James, who himself is a former police officer, in a Facebook post that was eventually deleted.
James also pointed out other possible candidates like "heroic doctors fighting deadly diseases, women police officers and firefighters putting their lives on the line for total strangers, brave women overcoming life threatening diseases," who could have been honored by the publication.
James also mentioned that awarding the same honour, that was given posthumously given to his wife, to the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star was nothing but "a slap in the face to the memory" of his wife.
The retired police officer told New York Post that he has even "yanked" the trophy from the shelf of their Long Island home and sent it back to magazine.