Husband of 9/11 Hero Returns ‘Woman of the Year' Award After Caitlyn Jenner Gets It

The husband of an NYPD cop who died after rushing into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, returned her posthumous "Glamour Woman of the Year" award after the magazine gave the honor to Caitlyn Jenner, the New York Post reports.

James Smith, the widower of Moira Smith, told the Post he pulled the award off of a wall in his Long Island home and shipped it back to the magazine this week after learning that Jenner had been chosen for the honor for 2015.

Smith also wrote a letter to the magazine's editor-in-chief, which he later posted to his Facebook page. An image of the missive was captured and posted on several news websites.

"I was shocked and saddened to learn that Glamour has just named Bruce Jenner 'Woman of the Year.' I find it insulting to Moira Smith's memory, and the memory of other heroic women who have earned this award," Smith wrote in the letter. "Was there no woman in America, or the rest of the world, more deserving than this man?"

Glamour — which also honored actress Reese Witherspoon, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, ballerina Misty Copeland, billionaire Elizabeth Homes, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, the U.S. women's national soccer team, and several Charleston, South Carolina, women who took up advocacy following the massacre at Emmanuel AME Church earlier this year — said it stands by its decision.

"We were proud to honor his wife . . . in 2001, and we stand by our decision to honor Caitlyn Jenner," a spokeswoman for the magazine told the Post. "Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards recognize women with a variety of backgrounds and experiences."

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