Archive of News (2025)
Sept. 11 survivors, pols urge feds to boost ‘insufficient’ health program’s funding: ‘It’s going to get even worse’
Survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and city councilmembers are urging Congress to approve more funding for a 9/11-related illness health program slated to run out of cash this decade.
Democrats demand answers from Kennedy over delayed actions of 9/11 health program
In a letter to Kennedy on Wednesday, obtained exclusively by NBC News, six Democratic senators expressed concern that the program was not abiding by a mandate to evaluate whether additional health conditions should be eligible for the program’s medical coverage.
Double-lung transplant gives 9/11 first responder a second chance at life
As a New York City Police Department Emergency Services Unit member in 2001, Bill Giammarino spent months searching for survivors, and then remains.
Advocates seek to expand health program for 9/11 survivors. Here’s what they want.
New York City Council members, including Linda Lee, and first responder advocate John Feal joined other 9/11 heroes for a news conference Wednesday morning on the steps of City Hall.
New York Fire Department to honor 39 members killed by 9/11-related illnesses this year
On Tuesday, the New York City Fire Department will remember 39 members who died in the past year of illnesses related to their work during the rescue and recovery efforts at what was then known as The Pile.
HHS ‘chaos’ undermining WTC Health Program, advocates warn ahead of 24th 9/11 anniversary
Since President Donald Trump returned to office earlier this year, advocates say, the administration has shortchanged the health program by firing and then rehiring program staff and other HHS workers and slow-rolling grants for research.
Lung transplant gave Ground Zero first responder, of Holtsville, the chance to breath easier, walk on his own
He worked Ground Zero five months, did his shifts on the pile and one year later developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a respiratory condition, often found in heavy smokers, that afflicts close to 4,000 Ground Zero responders.
9/11 responders, advocates continue quest to solidify funding for World Trade Center Health Program
The group of 9/11 first responders and advocates who made their way through the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday say they worry that the public and lawmakers are slowly forgetting the acts of service that followed the attacks.
50,000 9/11 Survivors, First Responders Diagnosed With Cancer: CDC
The number of first responders and survivors diagnosed with cancers linked to the Sept. 11 attacks has continued to rise to nearly 50,000, according to an updated report from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program.
FDNY Adds 39 Names to Memorial Wall for Deaths Related to World Trade Center Illnesses
The Department has lost more than 400 members to World Trade Center illnesses.