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They responded to 9/11 as officers, now they treat those who stood beside them
In Commack, New York, inside a sparsely decorated waiting room, a dozen armchairs are often filled with heroes. The men and women who rushed to ground zero carrying little more than a sense of duty.
New York seeks to reach thousands exposed to 9/11 contaminants
A new law requires current or former employers to let hundreds of thousands of people know they can apply for free Sept. 11 health insurance and compensation.
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund seeks lawyers’ help to speed payment for World Trade Center, terror attack survivors
The federal Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund wants to speed up its operations — and to do so, it needs lawyers to be more organized.
FDNY wants feds to add certain autoimmune, cardiovascular diseases to 9/11 Ground Zero compensation list
The FDNY wants the feds to add two more health conditions to its growing list of 9/11-related illnesses, the Daily News has learned.
Hochul to mark 9/11 anniversary by signing bill aiding workers exposed to Ground Zero toxins
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign into law Monday a bill requiring businesses that operated near Ground Zero notify their employees at the time that they could be eligible for federal benefits and health monitoring.
Bill could force companies to notify 9/11 survivors about health programs, but one group is left out
The group that is not included: students.
9/11 line-of-duty benefits: A widow’s 3-year fight
Heather Ward and her son Andrew, then 11, were left without Danny Ward’s police pension and health benefits when the retired officer died suddenly on February 17, 2020.
Total number of FDNY members who’ve died from a 9/11-related illness nearly equals how many died at Ground Zero: officials
341 FDNY members have now died of Ground Zero-related illnesses, nearly equaling the death toll for city smoke eaters that perished in the 2001 terror attack.
FDNY chaplain suffering from 9/11 illness comforts those facing the same fate; ‘Now, I’m one of them’
Msgr. John Delendick is facing a death caused by the toxic soup that swirled around lower Manhattan in the days and weeks after the Sept, 11, 2001, attacks.
WTC 911 Responders Continue to Need Monitoring of PTSD, Cognitive Status
Previous research has shown that some responders may be experiencing cognitive difficulties earlier in life than the general population.