Mayor de Blasio has proposed a bill that would establish parity for the families of all city employees who were part of the response and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site and subsequently died of a 9/11-related illness by providing special health coverage to them. Its backing by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who said, "we look forward to seeing the bill," virtually assures it will become law.

For students from elementary to high school, the Sept. 11 terrorist attack isn't a memory. It's history. A new HBO documentary that debuts on the event's 18th anniversary treats it that way. The necessity of her project, "What Happened on September 11," struck filmmaker Amy Schatz when a third grade girl told her about a playdate where she and a friend Googled "Sept. 11 attacks." More.

Michael O’Connell was a New York City firefighter in his early 30s with his first child on the way when he woke up one morning in 2007 “feeling like someone came into the room that night and beat me up with a baseball bat.” Hours later, doctors told O’Connell he had a rare disease called sarcoidosis, the growth of tiny collections of inflammatory cells — commonly found in the lungs and lymph nodes. More.

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum selected Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and Greece as recipients of this year’s “Survivor Tree” seedlings. The communities, which have recently been impacted by extreme disaster or violence, have committed to nurturing these trees to serve as landmarks symbolizing resiliency and hope. More.

The FBI has documents that could help prove Saudi officials were involved in the 9/11 terror attacks, an attorney representing several families of Twin Tower victims who are suing the Saudi government told Tucker Carlson Wednesday. Jim Kreindler said the two previous administrations, along with former FBI directors James Comey and Robert Mueller, "fought against the families ... to cover up the FBI's own intelligence failures." More.

The Justice Department said Thursday that it will provide new information to the families of those killed on 9/11 who are suing the government of Saudi Arabia over possible complicity in the 2001 terrorist attacks — but only under a protective order meant to keep the information from becoming public. More.

It’s a disgrace that 19 years after the tragedy of 9/11, prosecution is only just beginning. The trial date for the terrorists involved in plotting the 9/11 attacks has been set 10 years too late. This week, as the U.S. marks the eighteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, memory of the tragic day is still fresh in the minds of most Americans. More.

Every 9/11 anniversary that passes gets both easier and harder. Easier, because time numbs pain, even the most searing and awful kinds of pain. Harder, because with time comes perspective, and 18 years later, the shock and enormity of those despicable acts continue to stand as one of the most atrocious deeds humans have ever perpetrated against one another. More.