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Trump administration will not take additional money from FDNY’s 9/11 treatment program; unclear if $3.7M will be returned
Trump administration will not take additional money from FDNY’s 9/11 treatment program; unclear if $3.7M will be returned
Fairview honors volunteer firefighter who died from 9/11-related illness
A volunteer firefighter was honored after succumbing to cancer related to his time helping at the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Three Paterson retirees approved for World Trade Center disability pensions
Two retired city police officers and one former firefighter have been approved for special disability pension status under a state law covering first responders who participated in the rescue, recovery and cleanup operations…
Trump Administration Removed $4M Meant for FDNY WTC Health Screening
The decision by the Trump Administration to divert millions of dollars from the Fire Department’s World Trade Center health-screening program has been denounced by a bipartisan group of New York Members of Congress…
An Introduction to Probabilistic Record Linkage with a Focus on Linkage Processing for WTC Registries
Since its post-World War II inception, the science of record linkage has grown exponentially and is used across industrial, governmental, and academic agencies.
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Search and rescue dogs used during the 9/11 attacks lived as long as dogs not at the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon, a new study finds.
9-11 dust and side effects
It was the worst act of terrorism in our country’s history and the deadliest day ever for first responders.
Tracking the working dogs of 9/11
A study of search and rescue dogs showed little difference in longevity or cause of death between dogs at the disaster site and dogs in a control group.
Revived WTC Worker Task Force To Look at Coronavirus’s Impact
Governor Cuomo signed into law a bill reviving the September 11 Workers Protection Task Force as advocates warned that first-responders, who had endured World Trade Center-related diseases were now dying in significant numbers from the coronavirus.