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FDNY increases size of memorial wall for rising number of 9/11 illness deaths

It’s a grim sign of the times. The FDNY has increased the size of its World Trade Center memorial wall at its Brooklyn headquarters as they prepare to add the names of 27 more members who died of illnesses linked to the toxic air at Ground Zero during the rescue and recovery efforts. More.

9/11 Day, in Partnership with Other Prominent Nonprofits, Unveils Powerful Online Platform to Help Americans Engage in Charitable Service Virtually for 9/11 In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

9/11 Day, the nonprofit that successfully worked to establish the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as a federally-recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance ("9/11 Day"), today launched a major new initiative in response to COVID-19, called "9/11 Day At Home." More.

9/11 Memorial Museum to Reopen for General Public on Sept. 12

The 9/11 Memorial Museum will reopen exclusively for victims’ families on the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attack and then to the general public a day later following a six-month closure amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Post reported. More.

COVID-19 posing unique challenges for those with post-9/11 trauma

The pandemic is bringing up many frightening feelings in people, but those experiencing some of the worst anxiety are 9/11 survivors. The issues COVID-19 brings up are similar to the trauma people experienced due to Sept. 11, South Florida psychotherapist Jennifer Tomko, LCSW says. More.

Coronavirus Finds WTC Responders, Survivors Especially Vulnerable

Among the scores of city civil servants who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic have been 9/11 World Trade Center cancer survivors like Det. Robert Cardona, who joined the NYPD in July 2001, just two months before the terrorist attacks. More.

9/11 Study Shows PTSD Tied to Earlier Death

Survivors of the 2001 terrorist attack on New York City's World Trade Center who developed PTSD have a lasting risk of premature death, a new study finds. The study of nearly 64,000 emergency responders and civilians found that the longer the post-traumatic stress disorder lingered, the more likely they were to die early from any cause. More.