Tag: 911 Cancer

Farmingdale Street Renamed To Honor FDNY Firefighter

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 […]

FDNY veteran of Ground Zero laid to rest; experts say ‘It’s going to get worse’

MIKE KELLY | NORTH JERSEY RECORD | 10:41 am EDT April 13, 2019 Original Story Credit NEW YORK – Under the arched ceilings of a majestic red-brick church where the stained glass windows bathed the sanctuary in a pastel glow, New York bid farewell on Friday to another firefighter who died in the line of […]

Retired FDNY Battalion Chief Larry Byrnes Passes Away 06/17/2015

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 […]

Hampton Bays Street Will Be Renamed Saturday After FDNY Chief

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 […]

BC Larry Byrnes On September 11, 2001

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 […]

DEATHS FROM 9/11 DISEASES WILL SOON OUTNUMBER THOSE LOST ON THAT FATEFUL DAY

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 […]

9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill has the votes it needs to clear the House

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 […]

Fight Continues To Replenish 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund

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, […]

Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act and call for its swift passage.

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Read the full story at the link below. WASHINGTON, DC – 9/11 first responders, survivors, and their families joined with Jon Stewart, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY) and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer todayto introduce the bipartisan Never Forget the […]