Vin Doherty can recall many stories from Sept. 11, 2001 - ones that come from personal experiences and others told to him by close friends. The retired New York City firefighter shared his memories of being a first responder during the Sept. 11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City on Thursday afternoon at Bear Carpet One Floor & Home in Sugarcreek as he presented owner Wayne Wengerd with a shadowbox containing steel from ground zero. More.

Salvatore “Sal” Cassano, retired fire commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, will return to the World Trade Center site on Saturday June 20, 2015 as a special guest for the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s Stories & Art program. On Sept. 11, 2001, then a commander, Cassano responded to the World Trade Center and survived the collapse of the North Tower by taking shelter under a fire rig parked nearby. More.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Zacarias Toro lost his long and valiant battle with cancer June 14 while surrounded by his family in New York. Deputy Toro’s cancer resulted directly from exposures while responding to the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, as determined by the World Trade Center Health Program. His passing is considered a line-of-duty death. More.

Hundreds of New York City firefighters and others suffering from 9/11-related illnesses are headed to Washington on Thursday to testify at a hearing to renew the Zadroga Act. Without an extension of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, tens of thousands of volunteers and first responders who helped clean up Ground Zero won't be able to get federal help with their health care. Due to a compromise to ease passage in 2011, the act will start to expire this year if Congress doesn't renew it.

Members of the FDNY who were seriously hurt in the aftermath of 9/11 will appear before a congressional committee in Washington on Thursday. Early Thursday morning, about 50 boarded busses on Randall’s Island bound for Washington. They’re planning to lobby Congress to support the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act. More.

Lace up your running shoes and get ready to run for a worthy cause. The City of Athens is hosting the first 9/11 Heroes Run on Sept. 12, 2015.

The 9/11 Heroes Run unites communities internationally with the goal to never forget the sacrifices of the heroes of September 11 and in the wars since: veteran, first responder, civilian, and military. More.

In advance of a June 11 hearing on legislation to ensure first responders and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center continue to receive the monitoring and care they need, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., 6th District, toured and held a press conference Monday at the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program clinic at Rutgers.

June is Men's Health Awareness Month, which is dedicated to raising awareness to diseases that are common among males. To raise awareness of these diseases, health care providers encourage men to receive regular medical checkups. "The most common diseases that affect men are heart disease, lung, colon and skin cancer and strokes," said Ashley Rachal, 2nd Aerospace Medical Squadron dietician.