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Forgotten Victims of 9/11 Learn They Are Eligible for Federal Help If Sick
People who went to school, lived, worked, or volunteered in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights on 9/11 and the months that followed and were exposed to the toxins released by the collapse to the World Trade Center are…
16 Years Later: In Need of Help
Thousands of New Yorkers are still getting sick from the environment in lower Manhattan in the months after 9/11. Errol Louis discussed with former Stuyvesant student Michele Hirsch and attorney Michael Barasch.
Lower Manhattan Residents, Workers Eligible For Free 9/11-Related Health Care
A lawyer is calling for anyone who lived or worked in Lower Manhattan during the September 11th terror attacks to see if they are eligible to receive free health care for 9/11-related illnesses.
Residents, workers sickened after 9/11 qualify for federal help, but many don’t know it, officials say
City officials want people who lived and worked near ground zero in the aftermath of 9/11 to know they may be covered under the Zadroga act if they become sick.
Zadroga Act campaign to target students and teachers who attended downtown schools circa 9/11
It’s not just cops and firefighters who rushed to Ground Zero coming down with Sept. 11-related cancers — students and teachers at downtown schools are getting sick, too.
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/ : October 30, 2017 — ScienceDaily — 9/11 WTC responders show increased physical disability due to PTSD A new study […]
Biomarkers May Provide Early Warning of Lung Problems in 9/11 Firefighters
Blood biomarkers appear to be an early-warning signal for the accelerated loss of lung function and airway obstruction in firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center…
Watch Rupa Bhattacharyya, VCF Special Master
Were you a first responder to the World Trade Center, the Pentagon or the Shanksville crash site? Or, did you or someone you know live or work in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11? If so, and you have a 9/11-related illness or injury, you may qualify for compensation from the September 11th Victim Compensation […]
9/11 WTC responders show increased physical disability due to PTSD
A new study of more than 1,100 WTC responders cared for at the Stony Brook University WTC Wellness Program indicates a significant increase in physical disability among the responders.
Dr. Michael Guttenberg, who served at Ground Zero, dies
Physician’s cancer connected to airborne toxins at World Trade Center site, family attorney says.