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IRS updates public guidance for 9/11 survivors, families to claim tax exemptions on disability payments
Disability payments ‘for injuries incurred as a direct result of a terrorist attack directed against the United States (or its allies)…are not included in income,’ the agency says in a Thursday update.
Important Information on upcoming Worker Compensation Deadline for 9/11 Responders and Recovery Workers
Below is information from the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board about the upcoming deadline for 9/11 Responders and Recovery Workers to register with the NYS Workers Compensation Board. File Your World Trade Center Service by 9/11/14: Tell Us You Were There New York State would like to ensure you preserve your right to worker’s compensation if […]
File Your World Trade Center Service by 9/11/14
Firefighters Who Responded to the 2001 WTC Terrorist Attacks Must Register by August 14, 2008, for Benefit Eligibility
Medical Team Supporting 9/11 Ground Zero First Responders Seeing Growing Number of Cancer Cases
Rescue workers who rushed to aid victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks now face the growing risk of developing mesothelioma and other forms of cancer.
Ground Zero death count is still rising
In the days following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the death toll changed with each passing hour. Thirteen years later, it’s still growing. It will continue to do so.
Twenty-Five Hundred 911 Responders Have Cancer…Only 5% Have Received Money – Lunch Alert
In this video commentary, I discuss how twenty-five hundred 911 responders have cancer, but only 5% have received monetary compensation.
Number of 9/11-related cancer cases is growing
Cancer is plaguing a growing number of first responders and rescuers who worked at ground zero after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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/ : July 29, 2014 — WPIX — Report: More than 2,500 Ground Zero workers have cancer The number of responders […]
The Link Between 9/11 and Cancer Still Isn’t Entirely Clear
A number of complicating factors and delayed data make conclusions difficult to draw
9/11 first responders & families can possibly get tax break
Families impacted by the 9/11 terror attacks may be missing out on a major tax break. A law that was passed just months after the attacks made disability income resulting from terrorism non-taxable.