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Maloney to Speak at 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Workshop, Call for Congress to Take Quick Action to Fully Fund and Permanently Renew the VCF
Event hosted by Mount Sinai, 9/11 Health Watch and 9/11 WTC Health Program to help survivors and families navigate the VCF claims process
Gardner, Lance introduce bipartisan bills to permanently fund support for 9/11 victims
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) are original cosponsors of new bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would extend authorization…
Fire Department Remembers Its Dead ‘Doing Difficult Work Despite Dangers’
Lost 14 Members in Past Year
The development of a Biobank of cancer tissue samples from World Trade Center responders
World Trade Center (WTC) responders were exposed to mixture of dust, smoke, chemicals and carcinogens.
Posttraumatic stress disorder in the short and medium term following the World Trade Center attack among Asian Americans
This study investigated patterns of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their predictors among 2,431 Asian American and 31,455 non-Hispanic White World Trade Center…
Bank reverses plan to take Queens house of retired detective with 9/11-related post-traumatic stress
A retired NYPD detective stricken with debilitating 9/11-related anxiety will be able to stay in the home he faced losing to a bank, the Daily News has learned.
Brooklyn street renamed for firefighter who died from 9/11 illness
Even in death, after a life of sacrifice to the city he loved, William Gormley is still hanging out on the corner.
Family mourns retired FDNY EMT who died of 9/11-related cancer
An FDNY medic who labored at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks has died, officials said.
World Trade Center contractor says it doesn’t belong in worker’s asbestos lawsuit
A company that helped build the World Trade Center is telling a New York City judge to dismiss it from the lawsuit of a carpenter who also worked on the site…
Responding to the call: Legislation filed to fully fund dwindling federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The fight for the health of the dwindling federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund — and the scores of survivors it helps every day — has begun.