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Obama signs 9/11 health bill
President Barack Obama signed the 9/11 health bill into law in Hawaii on Sunday, White House spokesman Bill Burton said.
President Obama Signs the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
This afternoon President Obama signed the “James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act,” which establishes the World Trade Center Health Program and extends and expands eligibility for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.
Federal aid is meant for WTC heroes, not greedy lawyers
Ever-hungry lawyers risk turning the great triumph on World Trade Center responder health care, passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, into a sharkfest. They can’t get away with it.
For Barnegat 9/11 first responders, approval of bill to fund treatment is bittersweet
Charlie Giles had made his peace with death just before 10:30 a.m. on September 11, 2001. Giles, now 43 and a Barnegat resident, had raced to the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan to coordinate the rescue efforts of several private ambulance companies after American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the North Tower.
How the Zadroga miracle happened
The U.S. Senate office buildings seemed empty. A few doors remained open, with junior staffers manning the phones next to brightly decorated Christmas trees, but many offices were closed. In front of some, were piles of cardboard boxes as their former occupants made way for the newly elected Congress.
In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow
Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedian took it up as a personal cause?
The Man Who Helped the 9/11 Bill Fly
Of all the people who pushed a Ground Zero health bill through Congress this week, one of the most important wasn’t a lawmaker but a profane, gum-chewing construction worker named John Feal. He only became involved because he was shut out of an earlier 9/11 compensation fund.
Pols take bow after securing Zadroga funds for hero 9/11 first responders
Jubilant lawmakers took a victory lap at Ground Zero on Thursday, hailing the dramatic passage of the 9/11 health law as significantly more than just another political win.
$4.3 bil for 9/11 heroes
After years of delay and a dramatic 11th-hour compromise, Congress yesterday passed legislation to provide $4.3 billion in aid to 9/11 first responders who have been battling illnesses suffered after their service at Ground Zero in the months after the terror attacks.
‘Christmas miracle’ comes early for 9/11 rescue workers as Congress passes health bill
Richard Skinner, a volunteer firefighter from Lacey Township, rushed to the site of the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was one of thousands who spent months at Ground Zero clearing debris.