The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is set to end next year. The fund offers financial support for first responders who are struggling with serious medical issues after the 2001 terrorist attacks. What efforts are underway to keep the fund going and how are first responders coping with their physical and mental health? Our guests:
- Kenny Specht, firefighter and team leader, Feel Good Foundation
- Michael Barasch, partner, Barasch & McGarry, lawyers for the 9/11 community
- Jacqueline Moline, M.D., vice president, occupational medicine, epidemiology and prevention, Northwell Health; chair, occupational medicine, epidemiology and prevention, North Shore University Hospital; director, Queens World Trade Center Treatment Center
- Benjamin Luft, M.D., director, Stony Brook WTC Wellness Program
- Anna Nolan, M.D., associate professor, medicine and environmental medicine, New York University School of Medicine; principal investigator, Nolan Lab