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Changing Rules to Cover NJ First Responders Who Volunteered on 9/11
Many weren’t acting in the line of duty, but volunteer first responders at the World Trade Center site are now seriously ill and ‘accidental disability’ would ensure their health coverage.
City officials urge feds to extend funding for 9/11 victims’ fund
A group of New Yorkers made it clear Wednesday that New York is behind federal legislation that would guarantee victims of 9/11 get the help they need.
Honor overdue: The 9/11 Memorial finally pays tribute to men and women sickened by the toxic air at Ground Zero
May 30, 2002, saw the Last Column reverently carried out from the World Trade Center site, marking the end of the recovery phase at Ground Zero.
Seventeen years later, the toll is mounting: One post-9/11 volunteer calls on Congress to re-up and fully fund the Victim Compensation Fund
“You will feel a pinch,” said the nurse, as he guided the catheter into a raised vein on my left wrist.
Changing Rules to Cover NJ First Responders Who Volunteered on 9/11
Many weren’t acting in the line of duty, but volunteer first responders at the World Trade Center site are now seriously ill and ‘accidental disability’ would ensure their health coverage.
Politicians and unions rally for reauthorization of the 9/11 fund
In the days and weeks following September 11, 2001, an estimated 400,000 people were in lower Manhattan breathing in the deadly dust and debris.
Officials demand permanent funding for 9/11 victims compensation to stem ‘escalating crisis’
Without permanent funding, more than 90,000 9/11 first responders and survivors across the country will be left without financial assistance, according to officials.
Some NJ firefighters who volunteered in days following 9/11 are not getting pensions
There’s a small group of North Jersey firefighters who volunteered in Lower Manhattan in the days that follow 9/11 who are starting to get sick — and forced to retire early.
Push for VCF Extension Moves Slowly Forward
Even as relations between the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and President Trump continue to deteriorate, advocates for re-authorizing the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund report that they are making bipartisan progress…
Holdout Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw — who once snubbed 9/11 survivor — signs on to Victim Compensation Fund renewal
The Texas Congressman who sparred with 9/11 responders over his lack of support for a bill to help survivors and victims of the 2001 attacks is signing on to the legislation.