A wonderful example of the spirit of giving for the Holiday Season is the message of the Hit Broadway Musical “Come From Away.” For this episode, Host Suzanne Phillips is joined by Sue Frost, the producer and Joel Hatch, a cast member of this remarkable show. More.
Psych Up Live with Dr. Suzanne Phillips: Broadway's Come From Away- A Chat with Producer and Cast Member
Forgotten victims of 9/11 are developing cancer at alarming rates
Soon after the 9/11 attacks, survivors returned to downtown Manhattan. The air didn’t look right, it didn’t smell right, and it didn’t feel right, but the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was safe. Some of those who returned were just children. They are young adults now, and have scattered to all corners of the world as people do in early adulthood. More.
Battered and Scarred, ‘Sphere’ Returns to 9/11 Site
The memorial at Pearl Harbor captures terror and loss by allowing visitors to view the destroyed U.S.S. Arizona under the sea. The memorial at Hiroshima makes a statement about death and hope by preserving the ruins of a domed hall that stood at the atomic bomb’s hypocenter. More.
A force for change: Coping with grief through activism and advocacy
Every tragedy, big or small, leaves behind victims and loved ones whose lives are inalterably changed. In some cases, survivors find themselves driven to become activists or advocates, finding meaning in the tragedy by fighting whatever caused it. There are many examples making headlines all over the country. Chris Hurst was an evening news anchor at WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, when his girlfriend, Alison Parker, a reporter, and her cameraman, Adam Ward, were shot and killed during a live interview one morning in August 2015.
Zadroga Act campaign to target students and teachers who attended downtown schools circa 9/11
It's not just cops and firefighters who rushed to Ground Zero coming down with Sept. 11-related cancers - students and teachers at downtown schools are getting sick, too. Officials are launching a campaign to urge former schoolkids and neighborhood residents to sign up for federal help, after at least 22 students and teachers were diagnosed with cancer. More.
Residents, workers sickened after 9/11 qualify for federal help, but many don’t know it, officials say
City officials want people who lived and worked near ground zero in the aftermath of 9/11 to know they may be covered under the Zadroga act if they become sick. The collapse of the Twin Towers exposed thousands of people to potentially deadly toxins in the dust that settled over lower Manhattan and part of Brooklyn. More.
Cancer cluster at top NYC school near Ground Zero, grad says
Firefighters and other first-responders who worked at Ground Zero aren’t the only ones suffering 16 years later from exposure to toxic debris. Local school kids who are now young adults have come forward, revealing they’ve battled cancers and lung diseases covered by the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. More.