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Rep. Lawler introduces bill aimed at shoring up terror victim compensation fund
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to shore up a fund that compensates victims of terror attacks, including Sept. 11.
‘Revived’ 9/11 Worker Protection panel remains dormant
Although state lawmakers in 2020 passed legislation reconvening a 9/11 worker’s protection task force, none of state officials responsible for nominating the panel’s members appear to have done so.
City transit workers still awaiting 9/11 disability benefits
Although a profusion of state and federal legislation granted disability benefits to civil service workers who worked at the site, city transit workers have so far been shut out.
Dallas Penn
Penn never stopped playing the fool, and was so funny and self-effacing it was easy to overlook how smart and pointed he was.
Interstitial Lung Disease and Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: a World Trade Center Cohort 20-Year Longitudinal Study
The prevalence of post-9/11 ILD was more than two-fold greater than the general population.
Analyzing World Trade Center Ground Zero Workers and Systemic Sclerosis
Researchers conducted a retrospective study to describe the features of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) exposed to WTC.
Youth Research Cohort Update: The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program’s Youth Research Cohort Will Include Individuals Who Were in Utero at the Time of Their 9/11 Exposures
The WTC Health Program is incorporating this change into Youth Research Cohort program materials.
The Man Who Kept The Times’s Lights On
After the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Dimmock’s union assigned him to work at ground zero, where he climbed through rubble and smoldering ash. The ruins were so hot that the rubber from his shoes melted.
After being snubbed by city, attorneys plan to sue for docs on 9/11 toxins
Several lead city agencies in the city’s investigation of Ground Zero air quality have denied attorneys Andrew Carboy and Matthew McCauley’s Freedom of Information Law requests for the information.
Nadler and Goldman Call on NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Release Giuliani Administration Records on the City’s Knowledge of the Scope of the Health Threats to 9/11 Responders and Survivors
“Countless first responders continue to deal with the health impacts of the toxins that were in the air. The City dishonors these men and women, many now dead, by refusing to open its 9/11 files.”