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New 9/11 casualties strain health-care programme
Thousands of people enrol in the World Trade Center Health Program every year, but—two decades after the 9/11 attacks—a funding shortfall is looming.
Prof. Hutter Reflects on Pro Bono Win for 9/11 Heroes
Professor Michael J. Hutter’s pro bono work led to a legal precedent for hundreds of volunteers to access benefits and care to treat ailments and illnesses related to exposure to toxic materials.
Retired NYPD officers: We dug through the World Trade Center rubble, looking for our brothers
We were New York City police officers at the time. We each took different paths to the World Trade Center that day. Those paths converged as we tackled opposite ends of a dangerously intense rescue.
Lack of protective gear at Ground Zero left Rochester veteran breathless but unbowed
It took years before physicians and scientists began to understood just how contaminated the air was with toxins from the collapsed building.
‘Luckiest Man Alive’: Why 9/11 First Responders’ Outlooks May Improve Even as Physical Health Fails
Even as 9/11 responders’ self-reported physical health has declined over the years, they have consistently reported their mental health-related quality of life as better than that of average Americans.
Cancer, Chronic Illnesses Are Rising Among 9/11 First Responders—But Their Retirement Claims Keep Getting Denied
First responders who worked at Ground Zero frequently run into red tape as they develop health conditions such as cancer.
What 20 years of screening 9/11 first responders for health risks has taught us
They were the first at the scene on 9/11. Twenty years later, they’re helping us learn the long-term health consequences.
This trader survived the toxic smoke cloud on 9/11 only to be diagnosed with aggressive bladder cancer. His medical bill? $2,600
‘My surgeon told me, “Thank God you were standing up for yourself to keep going and not take no for an answer”‘
‘Wouldn’t have done anything different,’ says one of a legion of Chicago firefighters, cops who went to NYC after 9/11 and now suffer
They rushed from Chicago to help and bonded with their New York counterparts amid the grief and horror. Today, some face illnesses they blame on exposure to the toxic rubble.
20 years later, fallout from toxic WTC dust cloud grows
Two decades after the twin towers’ collapse, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to the attacks.