Story highlights Glamour award winner and police officer Moira Smith died rescuing people on 9/11

Jenner, who is transgender, was one of several honorees this year

Smith's widower says he supports 2014 transgender award winner Laverne Cox

(CNN) The husband of a police officer who died on 9/11 has returned her Glamour "Woman of the Year" award because the magazine honored Caitlyn Jenner with the same award last week.

Moira Smith was one of 23 New York City Police Department officers to die in the September 11, 2001, attacks and the only female NYPD officer to die that day. She was seen in the time before her death rescuing people from the World Trade Center towers.

Glamour named her a "Woman of the Year" in 2001, shortly after her death. Her husband, James Smith, accepted on her behalf.

"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" reality television show. Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner over the past year in the spotlight of the"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" reality television show.

New York Police Officer Moira Smith died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

It's not that Glamour honored a transgender person, James Smith told CNN. He supported Glamour's decision to honor actress Laverne Cox in 2014.

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