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Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program

Layoffs at the federal World Trade Center Health Program have caused “chaos,” leaving members and city agencies alike unsure who to contact when city employees face delays in lifesaving care, according to officials, insiders and advocates. More.

30 years later, some Oklahoma City bombing survivors worry America didn't learn the lesson

Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in America's heartland, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil, deep scars remain. More.

9/11 survivor shares personal mission to educate a new generation

For many, the events of September 11, 2001, remain a vivid memory. But for today’s college students, many of whom weren’t even born at the time, it can feel like distant history. One man is working to change that. More.

How 9/11 continues to claim lives

For almost two months after the World Trade Center collapsed, emergency rescue workers searched for survivors in what became known as "The Pile." The destruction of the 9/11 attacks was unprecedented, and the number of deaths and injuries were shocking. More.

NJ bill looks to reopen filing window for 9/11 responder disability pension

Shortly after now-retired Jersey City Police Officer Valerie Velazquez-Stetz dropped her son off at school on September 11, 2001, she found herself in riot gear, ready to help after the attacks at the World Trade Center. More.

NJ bill looks to reopen filing window for 9/11 responder disability pension

Shortly after now-retired Jersey City Police Officer Valerie Velazquez-Stetz dropped her son off at school on September 11, 2001, she found herself in riot gear, ready to help after the attacks at the World Trade Center. More.

‘Bureaucratic cruelty’: 9/11 responders and survivors shaken by US health cuts

A program that provides free healthcare to first responders and survivors of the World Trade Center terror attacks has been in turmoil for months, with services cut, restored and cut again as part of the Trump administration’s “restructuring” of the federal health department. More.

Staff cuts to World Trade Center Health Program bring anger, frustration, anxiety

Tom Wilson, a retired NYPD sergeant from Bellport, said he has watched with anger and frustration as the Trump administration has made deep staffing cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program he credits with saving his life. More.