With the recent anniversary of 9/11, all of us at Milestone, like our fellow Americans, have been thinking about how much the victims, their families, and our country lost in just a few minutes on what would have been a regular day. Seeing how our trial attorneys immediately went to work with legislators to lend a hand makes us proud to be part of the American civil justice community. More.

Tuesday marked graduation day for 301 men and women in the New York City Fire Department's class of 2019. Among them, a record number who are answering the call, as their fathers did for the last time on 9/11. The new graduates of the New York Fire Academy are now among the city's bravest, inheriting a legacy of service and sacrifice. More.

The terrorist attacks that took place in the United States of America on September 11, 2001, led the date to become one of the most notably tragic days in US history. On this day, thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives. From innocent civilians to first responders and volunteers, many families lost loved ones on 9/11 and many survivors would find themselves being diagnosed with lasting conditions in the years following. More.

On Sept. 11, 2001, the small town of Gander, Newfoundland provided safe harbor for 6,800 stranded passengers. Originally published on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. By Thomas E. Franklin. North Jersey Record. More.

More than half of World Trade Center responders with available CT scans had evidence of pulmonary nodules, a recent study shows. Researchers examined CT imaging data from 1,617 World Trade Center responders taken between 2003 and 2012 from the WTC Chest CT Imaging Archive and the WTC General Responder Cohort Data Center. The study’s primary outcome was the presence of noncalcified nodules, with radiologists evaluating nodule location, consistency, size at largest diameter and presence of calcification.

A recent Rutgers study identified factors that may put people who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center (WTC) at increased risk for cancers of the head and neck, such as oral cavity, oropharyngeal, and laryngeal cancers. The study was the first of its kind to examine the impact of WTC-related exposure and behavioral risk factors, like smoking and alcohol use, on head and neck cancer risk among WTC general responders.

City education officials are attempting to contact all 19,000 former students who attended public schools near Ground Zero on 9/11 to let them know they could be eligible for free medical care. The ex-students would qualify for coverage under the federal government’s Victims Compensation Fund if they are certified as having suffered any of 68 9/11-related cancers or dozens of respiratory diseases by the World Trade Center Health Program. More.

Kelly Hynes, a fifth-grade teacher at Love Creek Elementary, has a unique perspective on the tragedy of 9/11. “Being from New York, I unfortunately was a witness to the towers being struck and falling,” said Hynes. “I watched the events of 9/11 unfold through my classroom window.” Although 9/11 is an emotional day for all Americans, including Hynes, she made it her goal this year to help her students understand and remember the importance and significance 9/11 has had on the country.