In advance of a June 11 hearing on legislation to ensure first responders and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center continue to receive the monitoring and care they need, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., 6th District, toured and held a press conference Monday at the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program clinic at Rutgers.
Pallone calls on Congress to continue 9/11 care
Bereavement Counselor Shares Stories of Healing from Those Affected by 9/11 Terrorist Attacks in New Book
Will 9/11 site in New York become national memorial?
U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur introduced legislation Thursday to enable the federal government to help fund the National September 11 Memorial in New York City.
Everything My Husband Wasn’t There For
In April 1996, Jeffrey R. Smith moved from Florida into my apartment above the Old Print Shop on Lexington Avenue in New York City. I had lived alone for almost 10 years at that point. I cannot say I was living the Carrie Bradshaw life, but I was an independent woman. I loved my job at ABC News, I traveled around the world for work and for pleasure, and I was a doctoral candidate in English literature at NYU. It was a good life, made immeasurably better when Jeff moved in.
9/11 Victim Advocates Furious Over New Zadroga Act Proposal
A new Republican proposal to reauthorize the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act is receiving criticism from victim advocates. Virginia Congressman and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte introduced a modified version of the plan to the House earlier this week. More.
26 Days of Kindness Honors Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims
It's been three years since a gunman went on a shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut, but this school is honoring the dead with a kindness that's sinking in. More.
Charles S. Hirsch, New York’s Chief Medical Examiner on 9/11, Dies at 79
Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, the New York City chief medical examiner who raced to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and returned to the morgue with every rib broken to face the monumental forensic challenge of identifying the 2,753 victims of the attacks, died on Friday in Westwood, N.J. He was 79. More.
WTC Sphere set to move to Liberty Park
After 15 years in exile, the World Trade Center Sphere might be homebound at last - sort of. Officials at the Port Authority, which owns both the iconic sculpture and the WTC site, said this week that they were working to relocate the battered sphere that survived 9/11 to the new elevated park on Liberty St. that opened to the public on Wednesday. More.