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Post-9/11 Veterans Just Saw a Big Drop in Unemployment Rates

All veterans in the workforce had an unemployment rate of 5.3% for December, down a full percentage point from the 6.3% rate recorded in November, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. More.

Arizona's 9/11 survivors at increased risk amid COVID spike

Arizona's survivors of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center find themselves at an increased risk from a different danger: COVID-19. "It's scary," said Theresa Scott, a Phoenix resident who worked on Wall Street just blocks away from where the World Trade Center collapsed. More.

Morristown dentist, who responded to Ground Zero after 9/11, dies of COVID-19 on Christmas

To his patients, Dr. J. Randall Pearce was more than just a dentist. In his office, he blasted "oldies" hits from the 60s and sang along. On Halloween, he always dressed up and came to the office in costume—after all, if there's any holiday dentists should celebrate its that. More.

Ex-NYPD sergeant lied about work at Staten Island landfill filled with 9/11 debris

A former NYPD sergeant was charged Thursday with a trashy 9/11 disability scam in which she falsely claimed to have spent hundreds hours toiling at a Staten Island landfill filled with dangerous World Trade Center debris. More.

Message from the Special Master on the Tenth Anniversary of the Signing of the Zadroga Act

This past weekend, as we ushered in a New Year, the 9/11 community marked an important milestone. Ten years ago, on January 2, 2011, President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. More.

9/11 families, betrayed again: The White House nearly got away with a dastardly deal

As one who lost her husband on Sept. 11, 2001, and has devoted her life to the pursuit of truth and justice for those attacks, I have worked for decades to bring those foreign nations to justice for their roles bolstering Al Qaeda and enabling the murders of our fellow Americans. More.

Ex-NYPD officer whose 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund award was stolen gets $400,000 payout

A former NYPD officer and 9/11 survivor whose Victims Compensation Fund award was stolen by a fellow cop and disbarred attorney received $400,000 from the New York State Lawyers Fund Thursday to help offset the nearly $1 million he lost. More.

‘You got to be cognizant’: COVID-19 adds health risks to 9/11 first responders, survivors

Union County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Castrogiovanni, a former NYPD officer, was at the scene of 9/11. “I had been looking at those buildings my whole life so to see what happened was just, it’s so surreal,” Castrogiovanni said. More.