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25,000 register for Sept. 11 victim fund so far

More than 25,000 responders and survivors have registered with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund — 7,000 just in the past two months.

Deadline To Register For 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Fast Approaching

Lawmakers Urge Anyone Who May Be Eligible To Register By Oct. 3

REPS. MALONEY, NADLER, VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND SPECIAL MASTER SHEILA BIRNBAUM, NYS AFL-CIO PRESIDENT CILENTO, 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND UNION LEADERS: 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS HAVE TO REGISTER FOR VCF ECONOMIC COMPENSATION BY OCT. 3

I wanted to share with you a Press Release from Congress Members Maloney and Nadler about the press conference they had this morning regarding the October 3rd deadline for registering with the VCF. U.S. House of Representatives FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 9, 2013 Press Contacts – Nick Moroni, in Congresswoman Maloney’s office, (212) 860-0606, (646) […]

1,140 WTC 9/11 responders have cancer — and doctors say that number will grow

‘Sadly enough, I am here just two months, and I have identified a dozen new cancer cases, and I have another 25 patients whose diagnostic test results are pending,’ says Tina Engel, an oncology nurse in Queens, NY.

9/11 Responders Far From NYC Seek Compensation

They weren’t exposed to anywhere near the same level of ash, grit and fumes, but emergency workers who rushed to the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania countryside on 9/11 are signing up…

Names Of 12 FDNY Members Added To WTC Memorial Wall

Twelve names were added to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall in a solemn ceremony Friday.

12 FDNY members who died from illnesses related to World Trade Center work are memorialized

Twelve members of the New York Fire Department who died from illnesses related to work at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks have been memorialized.

DC 37 outreach gets 9/11 workers into free health program

Twelve years ago on that infamous Sept. 11, Associate Urban Park Ranger Nancy Mercado, watched a terrorist-controlled passenger jet crash into Tower One of the World Trade Center.