Rep. Malliotakis announces new health-care funding for 9/11 first responders, survivors
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis recently announced millions in new health-care funding for 9/11 first responders and survivors. The congresswoman made the announcement in front of FDNY’s Rescue 5/Engine 160 firehouse in Concord on Friday as she stood among dozens of first responders. More.
More 9/11 first responders, victims to receive care
More 9/11 first responders and victims will receive the medical treatment and monitoring they need, thanks to an expansion of the World Trade Center Health Program. More.
Defense policy bill expands coverage for 9/11 survivors’ health program
More than two decades after the September 11th terror attacks, health coverage is expanding for people who were sickened by the toxins, including civilians. More.
Funding for 9/11 health care included in FY24 National Defense Authorization Act
Among the items that were included in the final version of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last week was $676 million in funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), providing millions in coverage support for responders to the 9/11 aftermath. More.
Feds fix loophole preventing soldiers from getting 9/11 healthcare
The federal government is fixing a mistake that excluded members of the U.S. armed services who worked at Sept. 11 crash sites and came down with a 9/11 illness from getting pivotal health coverage, the Daily News has learned. More.
New York Passes 9/11 Notice Act
On September 11, 2023, on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul officially signed the 9/11 Notice Act into law. The act, which received a unanimous vote in the state assembly and senate, amends the General Business Law. More.
Tragic Legacy: 9/11-Related Illnesses Still Claiming Lives
Msgr. John Delendick, the FDNY chaplain who passed away from a 9/11-related cancer on Thanksgiving Day, joins a sad and growing list of people succumbing to illnesses they suffered due to their service at the World Trade Center site in the weeks and months following the 2001 attack. More.
Texas fire departments are fighting stigma and pushing to provide firefighters mental health help
For more than a decade, Sam Buser watched the lights of fire trucks bounce off the city streets of Houston, heard the roars of burning blazes and stood before the caskets of too many firefighters. More.