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Doctor: 9/11 Responders’ Illnesses Becoming Worse

On September 11, 2001 thousands of firefighters, police officers, and volunteers rushed to the World Trade Center to help dig through the rubble for survivors and find remains of those who died.

The duty to remember

Thirteen years ago, mass murder came from the sky as Islamist radicals turned those four airliners into missiles aimed at the heart of America.

Thousands still suffer from illnesses, injuries caused by 9/11

FDNY Deputy Chief Richard Alles joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the continuing illnesses and injuries that more than 30,000 still suffer from in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

9/11 responders with rare cancer denied insurance coverage

John Meyers remembers standing at ground zero, feeling like a small speck amid mountains of debris.

9/11-related illnesses still cripple ground zero responders (Commentary)

On Thursday, we will mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

9/11 illness benefit arrives at last

Jamie Hazan’s 13-year quest to receive workers compensation payments for the illness he contracted while performing volunteer work at the World Trade Center following 9/11 ended Tuesday, when he received his first check.

Reauthorize Zadroga 9/11 Health Act

As the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches on Thursday, a bipartisan group of local Washington representatives with broad support has proposed the reauthorization of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

Post-9/11 illnesses spur lawsuit aimed at protecting first responders from corrosives

Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a lawsuit intended to prompt the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its corrosive dust standard to better protect first responders.

Statement by 911 Health Watch on the release today of Updated Statistics from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

Below is a Press Statement by 911 Health Watch on the release today of Updated Statistics from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund For Immediate Release from 911 Health WatchSeptember 9, 2014Press Contact: Benjamin Chevat(646) 634-9103ben.chevat@911healthwatch.org 911 Health Watch Response to Release of Updated Statistics from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund “Although the September […]

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/ : September 9, 2014 — Daily Star — 9/11 fund speeding up approvals after slow start The taxpayer-backed 9/11 Victim […]