Jun. 27, 2019 – 6:04 – John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation, says no congressional lawmaker is safe from first responders’ wrath if they obstruct efforts to save the 9/11 victims fund. 911 first responder Warn’s Congress
June 14, 2019 911 Memorial By Alice M. Greenwald, President & CEO, 9/11 Memorial & Museum In a recent congressional hearing, Jon Stewart displayed passionate conviction for the men and women sickened by exposure to Ground Zero toxins. His testimony has resonated around the country. This does not surprise me, as Stewart, a 9/11 Memorial & Museum board member, […]
JUNE 11, 2019 – 3:45 PM NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — An emotional Jon Stewart, who was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a Congressional hearing on the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, was given the turnout coat of FDNY legend Ray Pfeifer, who died from 9/11-related cancer two years ago. Pfeifer, who served more than 27 years with the FDNY, was […]
June 12, 2019 HOLLY V. HAYS | INDIANAPOLIS STAR Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart gave tearful testimony Tuesday when he urged members of Congress to renew funding for the evaporating 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund covering first responders. But the lingering effects of the World Trade Center attacks extend far beyond Lower Manhattan. More than half of the 62 first responders who […]
June 11,2019 Jon Stewart addresses congress Thank you C-SPAN
By Krystie Lee Yandoli Posted on June 11, 2019, at 2:23 p.m. ET “Sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one.” Comedian and former Daily Showhost Jon Stewart called Congress “shameful” in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, noting that many lawmakers didn’t sit through a hearing about a bill that would protect benefits […]
Lindsey Young ASSISTANT EDITOR & STAFF WRITER When Harrison Smith stepped into the burning building, the lack of visibility caught him off guard. He carefully maneuvered his way through different rooms, sticking close to the rest of his team as smoke billowed all around the group. But fortunately, Smith was not in a real emergency […]
The firefighter deaths on Sept. 11 amounted to more than a third of the approximately 1,000 emergency personnel at the scene. BY PATRICK J. KIGER At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six minutes later, the first contingent of New York City firefighters—two […]
By KAREN MATTHEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 30, 2019 | 4:00 PM NEW YORK Family members of recovery workers who died after digging through smoldering ruins joined city officials Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new section of the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. They were joined by recovery workers who themselves […]
By Susan Edelman and Sara Dorn May 18, 2019 | 8:27pm An FDNY firefighter in this iconic 9/11 photo is suing the department and its black fraternal group for racial discrimination, claiming he was barred from an honorary post because he’s white. Lt. Daniel McWilliams says the former head of the Vulcan Society told him he couldn’t be a flag […]