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9/11 continues to cost lives of first responders: Editorial
The losses seem to never let up. This month, some 17½ years after the terrorist attacks leveled the World Trade Center, we lost several first responders to diseases embedded into their bodies from ground zero’s toxic swirl.
Statement of 911 Health Watch on the Release of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) 6th Annual Report
911 Health Watch wants to commend the Justice Department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya, along with her staff, for the progress they have demonstrated in this annual report, in working to process claims for injured and ill 9/11 Responders and Survivors and get them the compensation that they need and deserve. Today’s […]
‘There needs to be a better system in place:’ Wisconsin 9/11 responder left waiting for treatment
They are our nation’s heroes — 9/11 responders. Years later, the terror attack continues to take lives and dramatically alter others — so is our country doing right by those who served and sacrificed?
Students with 9/11-related illnesses describe diagnoses
Former students with 9/11-related illnesses due to toxins that settled over their school – mere blocks away from the Twin Towers – came forward yesterday to urge others to get screened before it is too late.
9/11 Health and Compensation in the News
Below are summaries with url’s to news articles that appeared recently about 9/11 Health and Compensation issues. An archive of past articles by year, can be found on the 911 Health Watch website at http://www.911healthwatch.org/news/ : February 8, 2018 — Spectrum — Former students near Ground Zero speak out about their 9/11-related illnesses Former students […]
Students with 9/11-related illnesses describe their horrific diagnoses triggered by exposure to Ground Zero’s toxic fumes
Former students with 9/11-related illnesses due to toxins that settled over their school – mere blocks away from the Twin Towers – came forward yesterday to urge others to get screened before it is too late.
9/11 first responder who retired to Myrtle Beach passes away
Eugene Francis Madden, a 9/11 first responder and retired New York Police Department officer who retired to Myrtle Beach, passed away on Tuesday, February 6.
Former students near Ground Zero speak out about their 9/11-related illnesses
Former students who attended Stuyvesant High School during the September 11th attacks are speaking out about the sicknesses they’ve developed.
Former Stuyvesant High School students raise awareness of 9/11 health rights
Former high school students are speaking out about 9/11 related illnesses.
Former Stuyvesant High School Students With 9/11-Related Illnesses Urge Others To Get Help
Former students of a Lower Manhattan high school suffering from 9/11 related illnesses are coming forward to help others who might also be sick.