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WTC Health Program | Responders | Eligibility

 
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Who is Eligible?
 
  • A worker or volunteer who performed rescue, recovery, demolition, debris cleanup or related support services in lower Manhattan (south of Canal St), the Staten Island Landfill, or the barge loading piers
     
  • A member of the Police Department of New York City (active or retired) or a member of the Port Authority Police of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (active or retired)
     
  • An employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City
     
  • A worker in the Port Authority Trans Hudson Corporation Tunnel
     
  • A vehicle-maintenance worker who was exposed to debris from the former World Trade Center while retrieving, driving, cleaning, repairing, and maintaining vehicles contaminated by airborne toxins from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks