Tag: FDNY

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 […]

Jon Stewart joins former 9/11 responders in call for health care.

Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart joins 9/11 first responders former FDNY deputy chief Richard Alles and first responder rights advocate John Feal for an interview with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie. The three men talk about how they’re championing the World Trade Center Health Program, which advocates for health care for 9/11’s first responders. “Everybody in […]