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FDNY commissioner calls for 9/11 health bill for NYC, Pa., Pentagon first responders

The FDNY is just a few months away from a milestone it doesn’t want to mark — the moment when more of its members died of 9/11 illness than on the day of the terror attacks. More.

Maximize Your 9/11 Victim Compensation Claim With These Tips

The 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in widespread physical, emotional, and economic suffering to countless people, not only on the day itself but also in the years that’ve followed. More.

FDNY commissioner Laura Kavanagh lobbies for new bill to fund federal 9/11 health program

The FDNY is just a few months away from a milestone it doesn’t want to mark — the moment when more of its members died of 9/11 illness than on the day of the terror attacks. More.

Mom Who Got Uterine Cancer from 9/11 Finally Receives Victims' Benefits for Her Disease

Karen Smith was working in downtown New York City on the morning of September 11. She had taken the Path train from New Jersey to the World Trade Center stop, and bought a bouquet of flowers from the farmer's market there while on her way to her office at 40 Wall St. More.

Tampa Bay 9/11 first responders hit with health care ‘one-two punch’ involving delays, other issues

A change in the company managing treatment for the World Trade Center Health Program has so far not improved access to care, according to patients with ailments caused by the 9/11 attacks. Managed Care Advisors (MCA) took over the job last year, but even government officials acknowledge the program is still plagued by issues. More.

Some in Congress are forgetting the lingering health issues from the 9/11 attacks

Recently a group of bipartisan members of Congress introduced a bill called the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023, which is meant to close an inexplicable shortfall in the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP). More.

Help for the 9/11 ailing: Congress can’t stall in passing bill for WTC responders and survivors

After years of effort from this column and elsewhere, in 2010 Congress created the World Trade Center Health Program and then in 2015 voted to keep it open for responders and survivors until 2090. More.

Sen. Gillibrand: Changes to 9/11 aid would cover first responders in Pennsylvania and Pentagon

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., join 'Your World with Neil Cavuto' to discuss bipartisan efforts to boost 9/11 health program aid. More.