Mount Sinai researchers used artificial intelligence and more than 11,000 brain scans to estimate each participant's "brain age" in the study. More.
PTSD possibly linked to accelerated brain aging in 9/11 first responders
The FDNY to Announce Plans to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Commissioner Robert S. Tucker will announce the FDNY's plans to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks. The yearlong plan will honor the 343 FDNY members who made the Supreme Sacrifice that day and the more than 400 members who have died since from World Trade Center related illnesses. More.
Winter Weather Preparedness Week: Staying warm, staying safe
We are off to a chilly start to the month of December — through its first week, our average temperature is running nine degrees below average, the coldest first week of December in 15 years. More.
Operation Kenova Final Report 2025
Investigating and reviewing events from decades ago is extremely complex, where evidence is often lost, contaminated, or diminished over time. This applies in all jurisdictions and to all crimes. More.
Elevated Clonal Hematopoiesis in 9/11 First Responders Has Distinct Age-related Patterns and Relies on IL1RAP for Clonal Expansion
Environmental exposures are linked to precancerous hematologic conditions, but studies in cohorts with well-defined exposures are limited. We sequenced blood samples from a large cohort of first responders exposed to the aerosolized dust and carcinogens from the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. More.
Tunnel to Towers honors 9/11 heroes
More than 2,700 came to the 9/11 Memorial Friday to show respect for our military and first responders. Teams of firefighters in full gear, law-enforcement, EMS and parents with children in decorated strollers, friends bearing signs of loved ones, people wearing numerous designs of red white and blue and American Flags were united. More.
Jim Riches, former FDNY chief and voice for 9/11 families, laid to rest after dying from illness linked to terror attack
James Riches, the former New York City deputy fire chief and a national spokesman for families who lost loved ones on 9/11, became the latest firefighter to die from an illness related to the attack. More.
Release of documents opens door into city's early knowledge of WTC toxins
Documents generated in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection that were released earlier this month has offered World Trade Center responders and their advocates the first glimpse into revelations on what city officials knew about the toxins that lingered over ground zero in the aftermath of the twin towers’ collapse. More.