Intergenerational transmission of trauma (ITT) has been documented among offspring of parents exposed to war, genocide, and interpersonal violence, yet little is known about ITT among families of World Trade Center responders (WTC-R). More.
The long shadow of 9/11: Mental health outcomes in adult children of World Trade Center Responders with PTSD
Leveraging Large Language Models to Identify Lung Cancer Patients with Unregistered World Trade Center Disaster Exposure
Leveraging large language models (LLM), we identified an unregistered subpopulation of individuals with World Trade Center-related exposure and lung cancer who were not previously captured in registries, and assessed how this exposure impacted patients' disease course. More.
Judge to Decide How Long Torture’s Taint Infected the Sept. 11 Case
Prosecutors portrayed the prisoners as unrepentant jihadists who bragged about their roles in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to federal agents during their first months in military detention at Guantánamo Bay. More.
One reporter spent years lobbying for those sickened during 9/11. Now, he's one of them
Barry Nolan started his broadcasting career in the 1970s. He co-hosted the program Evening Magazine with Here & Now's Robin Young, introducing the world to people like Dick Hoyt, the marathoner who pushed his son, Rick Hoyt, who was born with disabilities, through the entire 26.2-mile Boston course in 1981. More.
We were there on 9/11. This Memorial Day, we can’t let America forget
We come from different parties and have walked different paths, but we share something few Americans do: we have held the weight of this country’s security in our hands. On Sept. 11, 2001, parties and titles didn’t matter. We were Americans, and that was enough. More.
9/11 hero Welles Crowther to posthumously receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Welles Crowther, who lost his life on Sept. 11, 2001, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom will be recognized. Crowther, a Boston College alum, died as he helped people escape the World Trade Center’s South Tower after it was hit by a hijacked airplane. More.
9/11-related cancer claims the life of Harrison firefighter
Harrison firefighter Kenny Fusco was a former boxer, but the 67-year-old Harrison resident lost his courageous bout with a 9/11-related cancer on May 18. More.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the first battalion chief to send firefighters into the Twin Towers tells his story
The history of 9/11 is often told in numbers: 102 minutes from the point of first impact to the collapse of the Twin Towers; nearly 3,000 lives lost across three states—2,753 in New York alone, including 343 firefighters, 71 law enforcement officers, and eight paramedics. More.