9/11 Responders

A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed an additional $2 billion for the World Trade Center Health Program that serves survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks.

WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with Sara Director, a partner at Barasch & McGarry, about how women, who lived, worked, went to school near to the September 11th terror attacks, or were first responders to Ground Zero, and were later diagnosed with uterine cancer, can find relief.

The World Trade Center Health Program is running out of funding to support 9/11 survivors with their necessary medical services.

Researchers at Stony Brook University have found a rare type of dementia in first responders who worked at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Tens of thousands of people have chronic conditions stemming from exposure to the World Trade Center site during 9/11 more than 20 years ago. A new report from Stony Brook University draws a connection between these conditions and vulnerability to longer, more severe COVID-19 symptoms.

Firefighters from around the country attended the funeral for Ray Pfeifer in Hicksville on Long Island. Pfeifer was a retired New York City firefighter…

Researchers at Stony Brook University have found that a significant number of first responders to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster are experiencing…