Tag: September 11

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, […]

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 […]