Today is the fourth anniversary of the passage by Congress of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. We at 911 Health Watch would like to take this time to note the many ways in which the Zadroga law has helped those who were impacted by the health crisis caused by the September 11th attacks.
Statement on 4th Anniversary of the Passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
Concert raises $75,000 toward 9/11 memorial
A new memorial to 9/11 victims is a step closer to completion, following a successful benefit concert that raised $75,000 for the cause.
The indie-roots band Dispatch, preceded by local artists Caroline Jones and The Ian Murray Band, rocked the house at Garcia's, an intimate venue inside the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. A member of Dispatch, Pete Francis Heimbold, grew up in Riverside and went to Brunswick School. More.
Former President Bush Pays Surprise Visit to 9/11 Museum
Former President George W. Bush paid an unannounced visit to the 9/11 museum Sunday evening, and spent an hour somberly looking at the exhibits.
“He was clearly moved by the museum and its contents,’’ said a law-enforcement source. Bush arrived at 6 p.m. with his security detail while the museum was still open to the public. More.
Guantanamo Hearing for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Canceled After Release of Torture Report
The U.S. military on Monday canceled a pretrial hearing for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, an al Qaeda figure prominently mentioned in last week's Senate report on the CIA's harsh Bush-era interrogation program for terrorism suspects.
The military commission at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was supposed to discuss allegations the FBI tried to infiltrate legal defense teams, according to the court's docket. More.
Wreaths Placed at Pentagon Memorial to Honor 9/11 Victims
Kathy Dillaber, who survived the Sept. 1, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon that killed her sister helped hang the first of 184 wreaths placed in memory of those who died there that day.
Health Care Lessons Learned in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001
Fourteen years after the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC), a case study in the current issue of Annals of Global Health identifies several elements that have had a critical impact on the evolution of the WTC response and, directly or indirectly, on the health of the WTC-exposed population.
7 Key Points From the C.I.A. Torture Report
The report released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence discloses new details about the C.I.A.’s torture practices.
Feinstein report: CIA misled Bush, public about torture
The CIA misled former President George W. Bush, other policymakers and the American public about the extent and effectiveness of interrogation techniques of terrorist suspects that amounted to torture under international law, according to a report that Sen. Dianne Feinstein released Tuesday.