9/11 Health and Compensation in the News
Below are summaries with url’s to news articles that appeared recently about 9/11 Health and Compensation issues.
An archive of past articles by year, can be found on the 911 Health Watch website at http://www.911healthwatch.org/news/ :
March 20, 2018 — Spectrum — Funeral held for firefighter and former ferry boat captain who evacuated hundreds on 9/11
Firefighter Thomas Phelan lived in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, his entire life. And on Tuesday, it was where his funeral was held.
March 19, 2018 — NY Daily News — Ex-FDNY firefighter and ‘Chopped’ chef Keith Young dies of 911-related illness
A retired FDNY firefighter whose culinary skills brought him TV accolades as the beloved “Firehouse Chef” has died — the latest victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
March 19, 2018 — Newsweek — 9/11 Hero Thomas Phelan, Who Saved Hundreds of Lives, Dies of Cancer
A ferry captain who turned his boat into a rescue vessel during the 9/11 attacks and later became a firefighter died Friday of cancer at age 45.
March 18, 2018 — WNBC — Ferry Captain-Turned-Firefighter Who Helped Hundreds on 9/11 Dies of Illness
“Thomas will always be remembered as a true New York City hero,” State Sen. Martin Golden said
March 18, 2018 — NY Daily News — FDNY hero who evacuated hundreds on 9/11 dies at 45 of cancer
City firefighter Thomas Phelan, an unsung hero of 9/11 who evacuated hundreds of people from Lower Manhattan while working as a ferry captain, has died.
March 16, 2018 — silive — 2 trailblazing Staten Island doctors retire from FDNY; left indelible impact on department
Kerry Kelly and Viola Ortiz have carved lasting legacies in the FDNY — pioneering female doctors who blazed trails and served the department by maintaining the health and safety of FDNY officers for a combined 67 years.
March 15, 2018 — NCBI — Chest CT Scan Findings in World Trade Center Workers
We examined the chest CT scans of 1,453 WTC responders using the International Classification of High-resolution CT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases.
March 15, 2018 — Andrew M. Cuomo — Governor Cuomo Urges World Trade Center Workers and Responders to Register Their Service and Preserve Rights to Future Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today urged all workers and responders who participated in the rescue, recovery, or clean-up of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 attacks to register their service…
March 15, 2018 — Uticaod — Judge denies Brooks’ motion to reargue lawsuit against Utica
Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks is back to Square One.
March 13, 2018 — WP Daily Voice — 9-11 World Trade Center Health Coverage In Limbo Under Trump Budget Plan
A proposal to change which agency oversees the World Trade Center Health Program, affecting more than 83,000 first-responders and other survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City could endanger future coverage…
March 12, 2018 — NJ.com — First Responders’ health plan under attack by Trump | Editorial
Gene Madden died a few weeks ago. He was an NYPD detective from Hoboken, and he always said the honor of his life was working alongside his guys at Ground Zero…
March 8, 2018 — Downtown Express — Know Your Rights campaign for 9/11-illness awareness encourages thousands more to sign up for World Trade Center Health Program
More Downtown students and teachers have come forward with 9/11 illnesses since Downtown Express and other media first reported about this ongoing health crisis in November.
March 7, 2018 — Tom MacArthur — MacArthur Against Trump Administration Change to World Trade Center Health Program
Today, Congressman Tom MacArthur joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress to support 9/11 first responders and oppose an administration proposal to make changes to the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).
March 7, 2018 — Carolyn B. Maloney — 9/11 Health Bill Sponsors Lead Bipartisan Tri-State Area Delegation in Telling Mulvaney to Stay Away from 9/11 Health Program
Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), the original sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2015, today led a bipartisan group of 32 other members…
March 7, 2018 — NZ Herald — 9/11 hero who lost half his foot fighting for ground zero workers
If “devastation, destruction and carnage” has a smell, that’s what engulfs one 9/11 first responder when he closes his eyes, plunging him back into the horror of 16 years ago.
March 6, 2018 — timesunion — Trump Administration Threatens 9-11 Victims
Just when you thought the Trump administration could not become more incompetent, foolish, heartless and unAmerican, they take the next step.
March 6, 2018 — salon — Jon Stewart: Mick Mulvaney is “screwing up” health care for 9/11 first responders
Stewart congratulates Mulvaney for a “special kind of incompetence”
March 6, 2018 — ABC — Jon Stewart, members of Congress advocate for WTC health program in DC
March 5, 2018 — Carolyn B. Maloney — 9/11 Health Bill Sponsors, Jon Stewart, Advocates Call on Mulvaney to Leave World Trade Center Health Program Alone
/11 Health Program beneficiaries and advocates came together at the Capitol today to demand that Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney withdraw his ill-thought out proposal to separate the World Trade Center Health Program…
March 5, 2018 — News 12 LI — President’s budget proposal worries 9/11 responders
Proposed changes to the World Trade Center Health Program have Sept. 11 first responders worried about their future health care as Ground Zero-related complications continue to affect them.
March 5, 2018 — WABC — Jon Stewart, 9/11 first responders take health care fight to Capitol Hill
Former ‘Daily Show’ host Jon Stewart joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers and 9/11 first responders on Capitol Hill Monday to demand the Office of Management and Budget leave their health care alone.
March 5, 2018 — Newsday — Rep. Peter King, others denounce proposed Zadroga changes
King was among New York members of Congress who criticized a proposed change in leadership of the federal health program for 9/11 first responders.
March 5, 2018 — WPLG — Comedian Jon Stewart accuses White House of ‘screwing’ 9/11 first responders
Program protects those who worked at ‘ground zero’
March 5, 2018 — CNN — Comedian Jon Stewart accuses White House of ‘screwing’ 9/11 first responders
Comedian Jon Stewart joined advocates on Capitol Hill on Monday to pressure White House budget director Mick Mulvaney to abandon a proposal that they say could threaten health care treatment for 9/11 first responders.
March 5, 2018 — FiOS1 — Jon Stewart, officials say Trump’s proposed budget endangers 9/11 health program
Creator of organization that assists first responders says the bill would delay treatment
March 5, 2018 — NY Post — Jon Stewart joins 9/11 first responders to save health program
Comedian Jon Stewart joined 9/11 first responders at the Capitol Monday to speak against proposed changes to the World Trade Center Health Program tucked inside President Trump’s 2019 budget.
March 5, 2018 — Daily Beast — Jon Stewart Rips Into Mick Mulvaney for ‘Screwing’ 9/11 First Responders
The former ‘Daily Show’ host traveled to D.C. to send a message to the Trump administration.
March 5, 2018 — Hill — Jon Stewart makes Capitol Hill appearance for 9/11 bill
Former late-night host Jon Stewart joined New York lawmakers on Monday to call on the White House to withdraw a proposal to reorganize the health-care program for 9/11 first responders.
March 5, 2018 — WPIX — Comedian Jon Stewart accuses White House of ‘screwing’ 9/11 first responders
Comedian Jon Stewart joined advocates on Capitol Hill on Monday to pressure White House budget director Mick Mulvaney to abandon a proposal that they say could threaten health care treatment for 9/11 first responders.
March 5, 2018 — WNYC — New York Congressmen, First Responders Want to Block 9/11 Health Care Program Changes
New York Congressional members, first responders and comedian Jon Stewart say they’ll fight a Trump administration proposal to alter a 9/11 health care program.
March 5, 2018 — Politico — Jon Stewart, lawmakers slam Mulvaney proposal on 9/11 health program
Comedian Jon Stewart and a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday sharply criticized a Trump administration proposal to restructure an agency that provides health-care assistance to survivors and first responders of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
February 26, 2018 — IrishCentral — 9/11 first responders must not be abandoned
Hidden among President Trump’s budget proposal is a clause that may cut back on the healthcare provided to the 9/11 first responders.
February 21, 2018 — WSHU — Blumenthal: Trump’s Budget Endangers 9/11 Responder Health Program
President Trump’s budget proposal calls for a restructuring of the World Trade Center Health Program that provides medical treatment to 9/11 first responders and survivors.
February 21, 2018 — NY Daily News — FDNY union calls out Trump proposal to hit 9/11 responder agency
The city firefighters union is blasting a detail tucked into the President Trump’s budget that would reorganize how the federal government handles health treatment for 9/11 first responders.
February 21, 2018 — NY Daily News — Piling on 9/11’s heroes by messing around with the WTC Health Program
It took years of struggle for the heroes who labored on the smoldering pile after 9/11 to shame Washington to take responsibility for the deteriorating health of those poisoned by the toxins unleashed when the WTC fell.
February 21, 2018 — Kirsten Gillibrand — Gillibrand Leads Letter With Senators Schumer, Menendez, Booker, Blumenthal To Call On OMB Director Mick Mulvaney To Protect The World Trade Center Health Program
WTCHP Provides Monitoring and Treatment to More Than 83,000 First Responders and Survivors Who Became Sick After Exposure to Toxins at World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Shanksville Crash Site
February 20, 2018 — ConsumerAffairs — Trump budget could gut agency that treats 9/11 first responders
Lawmakers say a proposal to reorganize the World Trade Center Health Program is disturbing and suspicious
February 19, 2018 — Newsday — Rep. Peter King: Donald Trump plan could endanger 9/11 responders
King says a plan to reorganize the World Trade Center Health Program could deprive participants of occupational health experts.
February 18, 2018 — NY Daily News — FDNY ‘Cook Off’ fund-raiser aims to help 9/11 firefighters battling cancer
They’re not just fighting fires. More than 1,000 active and retired FDNY members are battling 9/11-related cancers — and the department is holding a cook-off to raise funds and awareness.
February 18, 2018 — Hill — Lawmakers call for withdrawal of Trump proposal that could impact 9/11 responders’ health care
A bipartisan group of New York lawmakers called on White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to scrap a proposal in President Trump’s proposed budget plan they say could threaten the health treatment of 9/11 first responders.
February 18, 2018 — NY Daily News — 9/11 responders’ health treatment and monitoring threatened by Trump’s budget plan
Hidden in the fine print of President Trump’s latest budget proposal is a detail that could directly impact 9/11 first responders: The reorganization of the federal agency that oversees their health treatment and monitoring.
February 18, 2018 — CBS NY — New York Lawmakers: Trump Administration Budget Plan Could Endanger 9/11 Responders’ Health
Members of the New York City Congressional delegation on Sunday urged a rollback of a Trump administration plan that they said would risk the health of first responders who worked during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks…
February 13, 2018 — Lohud — 9/11 continues to cost lives of first responders: Editorial
The losses seem to never let up. This month, some 17½ years after the terrorist attacks leveled the World Trade Center, we lost several first responders to diseases embedded into their bodies from ground zero’s toxic swirl.
February 12, 2018 — WITI — ‘There needs to be a better system in place:’ Wisconsin 9/11 responder left waiting for treatment
They are our nation’s heroes — 9/11 responders. Years later, the terror attack continues to take lives and dramatically alter others — so is our country doing right by those who served and sacrificed?
February 10, 2018 — Infosurhoy — Students with 9/11-related illnesses describe diagnoses
Former students with 9/11-related illnesses due to toxins that settled over their school – mere blocks away from the Twin Towers – came forward yesterday to urge others to get screened before it is too late.
February 9, 2018 — Daily Mail — Students with 9/11-related illnesses describe their horrific diagnoses triggered by exposure to Ground Zero’s toxic fumes
Former students with 9/11-related illnesses due to toxins that settled over their school – mere blocks away from the Twin Towers – came forward yesterday to urge others to get screened before it is too late.
February 9, 2018 — WMBF — 9/11 first responder who retired to Myrtle Beach passes away
Eugene Francis Madden, a 9/11 first responder and retired New York Police Department officer who retired to Myrtle Beach, passed away on Tuesday, February 6.