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9/11 EMS responders told to prove WTC cleanup involvement
Over 10,000 letters have been sent out in order to be qualified for World Trade Center disabilities
Airway Injury From 9/11 Dust Persists
Patients who continue to exhibit wheezing and coughing as a result of exposure to dust clouds caused by collapse of the World Trade Center towers in 2001 may have irreversible damage that does not respond to current medications even 15 years after the 9/11 terrorist catastrophe in New York City, researchers reported here.
OFFICERS SICKENED BY GROUND ZERO CLEANUP TO BE HONORED BY COUNTY
Two more names will be added to the Rockland County Police Memorial during a remembrance ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 22, in front of the County Courthouse on Main Street in New City.
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of EMS workers who helped in 9/11 clean-up effort told their work can’t be verified
Fifteen years ago they toiled in the smoking pit of Ground Zero and other 9/11-sites — and now they have to prove it.
NYPD sgt. who died after 9/11 rescue work honored by Gov.
NYPD Sgt. Patrick Murphy was off-duty on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
26 names, including 19 from ground zero, added to memorial
New York’s memorial for fallen police officers has added the names of 26 officers, including 19 who died from illnesses that followed their work in the toxic rubble of the World Trade Center 15 years ago.
Governor Cuomo Announces State to Ensure Continued Benefits For Volunteers With 9/11-Related Illnesses
Mechanism Set to Cover Medical Care and Lost Wages For People Who Volunteered For Rescue, Recovery and Clean-Up at World Trade Center Sites
State budget includes $9M for 9/11 healthcare
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the 2016-17 state budget includes $9 million to cover the cost of lost wages and health care expenses for volunteers who contracted illnesses at the World Trade Center site in the year after Sept. 11, 2001.
Former cop who won $3.9M for injuries he got working during 9/11 being sued by ‘predatory lender’ that gave him advance
A cop who won one of the highest financial awards for his time at Ground Zero is being sued by a company that’s charging him 66% interest on advances it gave him on that settlement.
Widow of 9/11 firefighter wins $3M pension payout
The widow of an FDNY lieutenant has scored an estimated $3 million payday after a judge ruled that “shocking and unconscionable” actions by the city denied her his rightful pension.