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More 9/11 Deaths
On 9/11 this year, we mourned the deaths and celebrated the heroism of the 3,000 men and women who were killed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.
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/ : September 12, 2017 — Legislative Gazette — Cuomo signs bill providing sick leave for more 9/11 responders A bill […]
A debt not fully paid to 9/11 first responders
Nearly 3,000 people died on Sept. 11, 2001. But the toll from the tragedy continues to grow daily.
Cuomo signs bill providing sick leave for more 9/11 responders
A bill providing unlimited sick leave to a larger group of 9/11 first responders was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the 16th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
NYPD sergeant’s 9/11-related illness just one example among many
The NYPD lost 23 members on September 11, but more than 100 more officers have died from 9/11-related illnesses since then, and more are fighting for their lives.
They helped clean up the wreckage of 9/11. Now they face the threat of deportation
Within days of the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center, word spread in the immigrant neighborhoods of New York that workers were desperately needed to aid in the cleanup.
EXCLUSIVE – They were the longest-serving volunteer unit on Ground Zero
Now the veteran officers of Team Romeo are battling a new horror: scores of 9/11-related illnesses from cancer to PTSD
Leaders of 9/11 fund call on ill survivors of terrorist attacks to apply for benefits
Officials in charge of the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund urged people sickened by the terrorist attacks to apply for benefits.
NY Daily News — New 9/11 monument: A moral imperative
Today’s Oped in the NY Daily News by 911 Health Board Member Dr. James Melius and 9/11 Responder Advocate John Feal, thanking Gov. Andrew Cuomo, former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Jon Stewart and the board of directors of the National September 11th Memorial & Museum for announcing a plan to create a monument to honor the […]