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First Responders Affected by Ground Zero Toxins Testify to Congress
As the fight continues to extend the benefits of the James Zadroga Health Act, more people have shown up to testify in front of Congress on the continued need for those benefits. Recently, a number of first responders who had been seriously injured in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 appeared […]
June 25, 2015 Posted in 9/11 Injuries Tagged first responders, James Zadroga Health Act, terrorist attacks, toxins at Ground Zero, WTC toxic dust Leave a comment
House Subcommittee Meets to Discuss Reauthorization of Zadroga Act
On Thursday, June 11, a meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health was held to discuss the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, also known as H.R. 1786. The bill would reauthorize the existing Zadroga Act, the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program, […]
June 23, 2015 Posted in Zadroga Act Tagged 9/11 after effects, cancer, medical conditions, September 11 Victims Compensation Fund, World Trade Center Health Program, zadroga act Leave a comment
Barasch & McGarry goes to Washington to lobby for the extention of the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
Over 100 NYC firefighters and other WTC first responders recently marched on Washington to demand that Congress extend the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The big turnout lobbied Congressional representatives, specifically members of the House Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee, to support the law that supplies health and compensation to sick and dying […]
June 23, 2015 Posted in Victim Compensation Fund, Zadroga Act Tagged WTC victim compensation fund, zadroga act Leave a comment
World Trade Center Offers Time Lapse Video on Elevator
Rebuilding the World Trade Center was a triumphant achievement for developers. Although Ground Zero is now the site a beautiful new tower opened in November 2014, it has not left the history of its evolution behind. There are a number of memorials built into the new building, including the 9/11 Museum. The newest edition to […]
June 18, 2015 Posted in Memorial Museum Tagged 9/11 Museum, Ground Zero, World Trade Center Leave a comment
9/11 First Responders Dogged by Rheumatoid Arthritis
In the years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many first responders who worked at Ground Zero have suffered a number of health problems, including respiratory issues and cancer. Recently, evidence has suggested there is yet another health concern to add to the list: rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that […]
June 15, 2015 Posted in 9/11 Injuries Tagged autoimmune disorder, first responders, rheumatoid arthritis, toxins Leave a comment
Hundreds suffering from 9/11-Related Illnesses Plead for Zadroga Act Extension
Thousands of 9/11 responders will lose their health care and the compensation that the government has acknowledged that they are owed if the program ends “People will die” if Congress fails to extend the Zadroga Act, a former NYPD officer battling cancer warned a House panel Thursday. David Howley, one of hundreds of supporters of […]
June 15, 2015 Posted in 9/11 Injuries, Zadroga Act Tagged 9/11-related illness, zadroga act Leave a comment
The Health Care Responders Need: A Former Lower Manhattan Resident and Recovery Worker Urges Renewal of the 9/11 Zadroga Law
May 30 marks the anniversary of the end of the recovery and cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site when the last piece of debris — a misshapen steel column — was cleared in 2002. Thirteen years later, workers, volunteers and survivors can’t clear their bodies of the toxic effects of 9/11. As if in […]
June 15, 2015 Posted in 9/11 Injuries, Zadroga Act Tagged 911, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Leave a comment
World Trade Center Welcomes Startups
The 7 World Trade Center was the first new building to open on the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Opened in 2006, some of the biggest companies in New York have taken up residence in it. Although rent in the skyscraper does not run cheap, a few lucky entrepreneurs might soon […]
June 11, 2015 Posted in WTC Rebuild Tagged entrepreneurs, SilverTech Ventures, startups, World Trade Center Leave a comment
Nurses Ask Washington to Save Cancer Treatment for the 9/11 Heroes They Care For Zadroga 9/11 Health Act to Expire Unless Congress Takes Action
“A lot of these members are young members, people with lymphoma at 30 or 40, even prostate cancers at 30 and 40; it’s a young population we’re taking care of.” Meg McCormick, Nurse Case Manager/RN World Trade Center Health Program. Today, on the eve of the first legislative hearing on the reauthorization, advocates for 9/11 […]
June 11, 2015 Posted in 9/11 Injuries, Health Programs, Zadroga Act Tagged 9/11 Injuries, cancers, zadroga act Leave a comment
New Hampshire Fire Truck Could Soon Be Part of 9/11 Museum
An out-of-service New Hampshire fire truck may soon be getting a second life as part of a museum honoring those who died and served on and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The truck could be loaned to a memorial at the Fairchester Hose Haulers Museum in Circleville, New York. The truck is a 1976 Dodge/Pierce […]
June 8, 2015 Posted in Memorial Museum Tagged fire truck, firefighters, Memorial Museum Leave a comment
