Archive of News (2025)
‘Betrayal,’ says FDNY union to NYC officials after Sept. 11 toxin records appear
Andrew Ansbro, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, said the discovery represents a potential betrayal of first responders who made critical health decisions based on assurances that no documentation was available.
FDNY union head says city withholding 9/11 toxin data put thousands at risk
Uniformed Firefighters Association president Andrew Ansbro demanded to know who told his members and the public that the air quality was safe to return to lower Manhattan in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
‘We need to know who lied’: Firefighters’ union demands answers after 68 boxes related to 9/11 toxins discovered in city agency facility
The union representing FDNY firefighters is demanding answers following the discovery of 68 boxes of documents related to 9/11 toxins at a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) facility in the city.
New York firefighters union demands 9/11 toxins records be released after boxes of documents are uncovered
Did New York City leaders know about the 9/11 toxin dangers more than two decades ago?
FDNY union furious over sudden discovery of 68 boxes of 9/11 health data
The Big Apple firefighter’s union is steaming mad over the sudden discovery of 68 boxes of Ground Zero health data following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks — files they were told never existed.
FDNY members want answers after discovery of documents about 9/11 toxins at ground zero
Members of the FDNY and union leaders held an emergency rally in Manhattan on Monday afternoon over the discovery of previously undisclosed records about ground zero.
FDNY union demands answers on sudden city discovery of 68 boxes of 9/11 toxin docs
The union representing FDNY firefighters is demanding answers after City Hall officials discovered 68 boxes of information on the dangers of Sept. 11 toxins despite claiming for years they couldn’t find any records on what authorities knew about Ground Zero health hazards.
NYC long claimed it had no info on the 9/11 toxins at Ground Zero. Now they have 68 boxes worth.
The materials, ironically, included a directive from the city Law Department written two decades ago ordering the agency to save and preserve any information about the terror attacks.
Posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, and mild cognitive impairment: A cohort study of world trade center responders
Over 20 years after the precipitating trauma, PTSD, MDE, and their comorbidity accounted for a meaningful share of MCI cases, although most cases (>85 %) were not attributable to these disorders.
The Air That We Breathed: 9/11 Exposure Linked to Threefold Increase in Lung Cancer Risk
While lung cancer is covered by both the World Trade Center Health Program and the Victim Compensation Fund, no previous study has succeeded in quantifying the level of increased risk.