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The long tail of Sept. 11 illness
The tragedy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks didn’t end on Sept. 11, 2001.
Resolution 32: Honoring the Workers of September 11th on the 25th Anniversary
Workers and their loved ones are still paying the price.
The Other 9/11 Memorial
The founders of the Nesconset memorial, whose official name is 9/11 Responders Remembered Park, claim it is the first space in the country honoring those whose lives were cut short from illnesses linked to their work at Ground Zero.
I rushed to help Americans on 9/11. Now I’m one of the wounded
I’m a living casualty of 9/11. I carry a cancer linked to the toxic dust at Ground Zero.
Laura A. Gillen: Fulfilling our promises to the 9/11 community
No one in the 9/11 community should ever have to worry about accessing the healthcare that they require.
Hundreds of First-Hand 9/11 Responder Accounts Now Available Online
Nearly 500 oral histories of 9/11 responders – developed and produced by professionals at the Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program over a period of years after the events of 9/11 – are now an online collection on the Library of Congress website.
36 new names added to FDNY’s World Trade Center Memorial Wall in Brooklyn
Those names belong to service members who rescued people after the Sept. 11 attacks and later died of 9/11-related illnesses.
The Other Victims of 9/11
Twenty-five years after the attack, tens of thousands of people, like me, have been diagnosed with serious illness.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says 9/11 memorial service should be about remembrance, not politics
He says he views it as an “enormous responsibility” at a very somber time, and he wants to make sure the day is about those who were killed, not politics.
Firefighter McNamara Remembered As 25th Anniversary Of 9/11 Nears
His legacy of service lives on in Blue Point, where the Johnny Mac Foundation continues the mission of helping others that defined his life.