Archive of News (2020)
Mortality Risk Similar in 9/11 Responders and Civilians with PTSD
The ripple effects of September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks can still be felt almost 2 decades later as PTSD continues to be a major problem for responders and civilians.
NYPD officer from Lynbrook remains on the job despite cancer diagnosis
Ross Dichter receives surprise promotion to detective
9/11 Study Shows PTSD Tied to Earlier Death
Survivors of the 2001 terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center who developed PTSD have a lasting risk of premature death, a new study finds.
Retired New York City first responders struggle with health years after 9/11
John Lombardo worked as a New York City police officer for 20 years.
Phil Alvarez continues fight of his late brother, Oceanside resident Luis Alvarez
New VCF policy aids 9/11 victims
Seminar to help retired first responders get compensation for 9/11-related illnesses
Tens of thousands of first responders who worked at Ground Zero during Sept. 11 are now battling cancer or another illness.
9/11 Workers May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
Ground zero workers had higher rates of cancer, especially prostate and thyroid cancers and leukemia.
The Burden of Subthreshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in World Trade Center Responders in the Second Decade After 9/11
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the prevalence, risk and protective correlates, and clinical characteristics associated with probable subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police and nontraditional (eg, construction workers) World Trade Center (WTC) responders…
Cancers Related to 9/11 in Responders & Survivors
As we near 2 decades since the terrorist attack of 9/11, many of our memories, feelings, and worries of that tragedy have faded, our thoughts drifting to other causes, other cares, other grave calamities.
9/11 survivors get more time to ask for money to cover health care costs
First responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been given more time to ask for compensation to cover their health care costs.