More than 10 times the number of NYPD police officers have died in the 18 years since 9/11 as were killed in the terror attack on the World Trade Center itself, officials said. The grim statistic comes in the wake of a protracted battle for funding to compensate ill first responders and other survivors as well as the families of those who died. President Trump recently signed into law a permanent extension of the funding for the Victim Compensation Fund, which would have run out of money by December 2020.

The children of FDNY firefighters who perished on 9/11 are blossoming into a new generation of Bravest. On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the current FDNY Academy class, set to graduate in two weeks, includes 13 members — 12 men and one woman — whose firefighter fathers were murdered on 9/11, The Post has learned. More.

To help those still struggling 18 years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, resources, services, assistance programs and academic scholarships continue to be available to victims and their families. These services and resources are available through federal programs, non-profit organizations that began in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, and organizations that created scholarships for victims’ family members. More.

A study of almost 10,000 firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center on September 11 has found those exposed to the dust which emerged from the destroyed buildings were more likely to develop heart problems. As the World Trade Center Collapsed on 9/11, it created a huge cloud of dust. First responders, including firefighters, had to contend with the debris.

Seventeen years after firefighter Michael Haub’s remains were recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center, the FDNY hero will be remembered at a second memorial service in his Long Island town. The recent identification of additional Ground Zero remains belonging to the 9/11 victim led his family to arrange for another visitation and ceremony this coming Tuesday at the Krauss Funeral Home in Franklin Square, L.I., where Mayor Bloomberg and FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta were among the mourners at Haub’s March 2002 wake.

As we approach the 18th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, there is yet another story of triumph and enduring friendship that emerged from that dark day. On the morning of 9/11, Jonathan Judd was on his way to work in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The elevator stopped on the 83rd floor, the doors opened, and he saw an explosion. More.

On Wed., Sept. 11, 2019, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will lead the world in commemorating the 18th anniversary of the horrific attacks of 9/11. Marking this important anniversary, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will host the annual commemoration ceremony to honor the 2,983 men, women and children killed in the attacks at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, aboard Flight 93 and in the 1993 WTC bombing. More.

A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed 138 lawsuits from plaintiffs who had targeted the Battery Park City Authority over exposure to toxic dust at Stuyvesant High School following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, finding they were already covered by a 2010 settlement with the city and its insurer. More.