Category Archives: Health Issues

COVID-19 survivor also survived 9/11 and cancer.

Chris Ward, 49, survived the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and has now survived World Trade Center-related non-Hodgkin’s follicular lymphoma. He just came home after months in hospital battling COVID-19.

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New York lawmakers propose COVID registry

New York State senators have introduced a bill to create a voluntary COVID-19 registry to track long-term effects of the virus in a way similar to the World Trade Center Health Registry.

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Sacred Heart hosts blood drive in honor of late 9/11 hero NYPD Sgt. Peter Woods in Hartsdale

On March 14, 2021, a blood drive was held in Hartsdale, NY in honor of NYPD Sergeant Peter Woods, who died of World Trade Center-related leukemia in January.

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