September 11, 2018 Original Story Credit NEW YORK (KGO) — The TSA released a new chilling video of first responders and 911 calls compiled from September 11, 2001 as the country marked the 17th anniversary of the attacks in New York City. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on 9/11, when international terrorism hit […]
February 16, 2019 By Shannon Van Sant Original Story Credit The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is cutting its payouts in half for some and by as much as 70 percent for others, as the fund faces a surge in claims ahead of its expiration date in December 2020. The fund, which was opened in […]
Original Story Credit CBS May 4, 2019 at 5:54 pm FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A special honor was given on Long Island in memory of an FDNY firefighter who died of cancer after working at Ground Zero in the days following the September 11 terror attacks. The corner of Rita Place and Crestwood Boulevard in Farmingdale […]
By Jack J. Murphy A Fire Department of New York (FDNY) 9/11 icon from the French video tape of that day passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2015. Battalion 1 Chief Larry Byrnes retired from the FDNY in 1999 after 42 years of service. Yet on 9/11 this did not deter him from responding. On the famous […]
Publication: The Southampton Press By Amanda Bernocco Jun 8, 2016 11:05 AM Original story credit though he was retired, former Fire Department of New York Battalion 1 Chief Larry Byrnes of Hampton Bays immediately jumped in his car and rushed into lower Manhattan after learning about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.As soon as he […]
Firefighter Larry Byrnes (6/49) at Twin Towers on 9/11 by Frank Fitzgerald, April, 2002 In a recent phone conversation, retired firefighter Larry Byrnes mentioned that he had fought “a half dozen fires” in the Twin Towers, saying that most did not even make it into the papers. Returning from a vacation in Europe, as his […]
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By the end of 2018, many expect that more people will have died from their toxic exposure from 9/11 than were killed on that terrible Tuesday. Author: Nancy Cutler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published: 09/11/18 Seventeen years out from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, nearly 10,000 first responders and others who were in the World Trade Center […]
By MICHAEL MCAULIFF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS APR 15, 2019 | 3:46 PM Original story credit Former “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart (C) speaks with US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (6th L), D-NY, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (8th L), D-NY, and 9/11 first responders, survivors and their families, during a press conference on Capitol Hill in […]
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — They’re not giving up and they’re not taking “no” for an answer. More than 20 9/11 first responders are back in Washington on Wednesday to lobby for a replenished victims compensation fund. Story Credit Retired firefighter Rob Serra has made nearly 20 of these trips. His first day as a New York City firefighter was Sept. 11, […]