Scott Resnik, president and chief of Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services, remembers the taste of the dust. “There was a metallic component,” he said. “There was a starchy component.” The dust, he said, was inescapable. “It was always there,” said the 42-year-old father of three. More.
9/11 rescuers still living a nightmare
Sick 9/11 first responder receives warm welcome home in Dongan Hills
A Sept. 11 first responder from Dongan Hills who is battling stage 4 liver cancer received a warm welcome home Tuesday night after undergoing extensive surgery. EMT Salvatore Turturici was greeted by neighbors, family, friends and members of FDNY Battalion 43 in Brooklyn and Battalion 22 in Sea View, where his wife, Wendy, works as an EMT. More.
Local Leaders Rallied at WTC for Extended Health Care for 9/11 First Responders
Dozens of people protested at the World Trade Center site over proposed health and compensation cuts for 9/11 first responders. They say a new congressional proposal to extend the Zadroga Act for another five years does not provide adequate funding for health care. More.
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.
Gillibrand claims fillibuster-proof majority on 9/11 healthcare bill
US Sen Kirsten Gillibrand says that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, a bill to permanently extend and fully fund the 9/11 health and compensation programs, has garnered 61 Senate cosponsors, including 15 Republicans – a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate – and 237 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. More.
9/11 bill to aid Ground Zero workers rapidly gaining support in Congress
Eleven people who worked in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have died in the six weeks since the most recent anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Another Ground Zero worker, Roy McLaughlin, died Sept. 10, one day before the anniversary. McLaughlin, 38, was a Yonkers police officer when the World Trade Center was attacked. Later promoted to a lieutenant, the married father of four young children was diagnosed with brain cancer five years ago.
9/11 hero with PTSD fights to keep his service dog
Dennis Frederick is going to court to prove that a dog has saved his life. The retired Port Authority police sergeant became an emotional and physical wreck after a 22-year career that started with the shooting death of his first partner and ended on 9/11 at the World Trade Center, where he helped evacuate hundreds and narrowly escaped the towers while seven cops on his team perished. More.
Brian Ahr, FDNY firefighter, 9/11 and Flight 587 first responder, dies at 49
Brian K. Ahr, 49, a former West Brighton resident, retired FDNY firefighter, master carpenter and steadfast family man, died Thursday at his home in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mr. Ahr was a first responder at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as to the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in the Rockaways, Queens, on Nov. 1 of that year. More.