Category Archives: Health Issues

Kidney donor for hero

By Kimberly | Published: June 9, 2013

By Susan Edelman New York Post A 9/11 hero in desperate need of a kidney transplant has been rescued by a big-hearted anonymous donor. Rich Volpe, an NYPD narcotics detective, was diagnosed at age 34 with kidney disease, about a year after serving six months at Ground Zero. He received a healthy kidney at Columbia [...]

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From the 9/11 Health Watch

By Kimberly | Published: June 6, 2013

From our friends at the 9/11 Health Watch – Today, 150 days before the first major deadline of the revised September 11th, Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) , 911 Health Watch released its VCF Deadline Countdown Clock to remind those injured by 9/11 that they may have only 150 days to register with the VCF. 911 [...]

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At 9/11 Responders Remembered Park, 37 more names added to memorial, time capsule buried

By Kimberly | Published: May 21, 2013

By Lorene Eriksen Times of Smithtown Dozens gathered Saturday morning at Nesconset’s 9/11 Responders Remembered Park to honor the lives of responders who have died since the park first opened in September 2010. The 37 additional names were added to the park’s memorial wall, bringing the total to 160 [sic - over 1,000 have died] [...]

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