9/11 Family Members Invited To Share Experiences To Help Others
9/11 family members gather at VOICES 14th Annual Information Forum to share their personal experiences while service providers offer support and strategies for long-term healing.
To help families heal after losing a loved one to mass violence, it is critical to first recognize that the experience and needs of each family member are unique and continue to evolve for many years.
VOICES is committed to addressing the long-term needs of those impacted by traumatic events and continues to help communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from other acts of mass violence and traumatic events.
Our research study, “Investigating the Long-Term Impact of Bereavement Due to Terrorism: Factors That Contribute to Trauma, Grief, Growth and Resilience,” will identify and understand the immediate and ongoing needs of family members following a tragic loss. Family members of those lost on 9/11 are invited to participate in an anonymous online questionnaire. The questionnaire is open to all immediate and extended family members of the 2,977 individuals lost in the 9/11 attacks and the 329 individuals lost in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182.
Participants must be related to a victim of one of these events, be at least 18 years of age, and understand English. Identifying information will not be collected. The questionnaire takes approximately 40-50 minutes to complete.
VOICES is working in collaboration with the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime and the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University to conduct the study, with Dr. Stephen Cozza as the Principal Investigator.
The research study is available online at www.voicesofsept11research.org. The deadline to complete the questionnaire is Sunday, January 17.
Click here for more information on the study. Please direct questions to Mary Fetchet (203) 966-3911, or by email at mafetchet [at] voicesofsept11.org (mafetchet[at]voicesofsept11[dot]org).