Category Archives: Health Issues

9/11 survivors upset latest legislation doesn’t include $3B for World Trade Center health program funding gap

After years, the “Fairness for 9/11 Families Act” has been passed by the House of Representatives (although it still needs to pass in the Senate), finally bringing the possibility of […]

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Retired NYPD Officer Timothy Motto honored with street co-naming

A street near the NYC Police Academy has been renamed in honor of former NYPD Officer Timothy Motto, 63, who died of World Trade Center-related illness last year, reports Sophie […]

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Number of FDNY members lost to 9/11 related illnesses surpasses 300, ‘Unreal,’ firefighter’s daughter says of figure

On the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the FDNY lost 343 members. Now, more than 300 more have died of illnesses related to their work that day and during […]

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