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Wife of late 9/11 firefighter John McNamara ‘heartbroken’ over Obama’s lack of support for plan
Jennifer McNamara wants to honor her late husband’s dying wish and give the city firefighter’s badge to President Obama.
NY pols stunned to learn Obama administration opposes funding for 9/11 health bill
The Obama administration stunned New York’s delegation Thursday, dropping the bombshell news that it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill.
Obama Admin. Opposes 9/11 Health Funding
The Obama administration stunned New York’s delegation yesterday, dropping the bombshell news that it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill.
Rally: U.S. must pay post-9/11 doctor bills
Disgraceful. A tragedy. These were just some of the sentiments voiced Monday by community members who came to support 9/11 responders and their families seeking to pressure Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr., D-N.J., to post a bill that would pay their medical bills.
9/11 Protest Hits Rep. Frank Pallone
Today, his friends brought their grief and anger to the Long Branch, N.J., office of one of the congressmen who has failed to move legislation that would permanently help other people who sacrificed at Ground Zero.
Kelly: Rescue workers rally at Ground Zero
They huddled in the winter shadows and the frigid air, this group of wounded veterans of Ground Zero, some of them leaning on canes or walkers, some breathing from oxygen tanks.
9/11 first responder health bill urged at Zadroga salute at Ground Zero
Dozens of first responders gathered at Ground Zero Tuesday to honor the first person to die of 9/11-related illness – and to push for the health care bill that bears his name
Family tears mix with firefighters’ anger as sefless 9/11 responder is laid to rest
Braving icy winds, hundreds of firefighters eulogized colleague Jim Ryan Tuesday as a true 9/11 hero who was snubbed in death by the city he proudly served.
Death of 9/11 firefighter hero Jim Ryan overshadowed by ‘flashier’ Flight 253 terrorism story
Jim Ryan and his family didn’t know he had been killed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. They didn’t find that out until early Christmas morning 2009, eight years later, when the firefighter’s lungs finally overfilled with fluids, the side-effects of pancreatic cancer inflicted on him by the toxic dust he swallowed in hundreds of hours at Ground Zero
Family’s anger at FDNY’s snub of wake for 9/11 hero James Ryan
The somber wake for Long Island firefighter James Ryan Sunday was filled with sadness and anger.