9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
As World Trade Center recovery workers know only too well, blood cancers are epidemic among those who worked the site. The Cancer Support Community will host a free webinar on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 6:30pm. The topic is coping with relapse of acute lymphocytic leukemia (A.L.L.). The webinar will provide information on understanding a […]
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s NJ chapter will host the New York/New Jersey area Blood Cancer Conference on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe. Blood cancer patients, their family members, caregivers and healthcare professionals are welcome. Experts in multiple myeloma, lymphoma and leukemia treatment will present information […]
If you are joining the rally to persuade Congress to reauthorize the Zadroga Act in Washington DC on Thursday, December 3, 2015, space may be available on a bus. The bus will depart from New York at 5:45am; returning to NYC by 6:00pm. To see if space is available and to reserve your place, please […]
World Trade Center recovery workers will once again head to Washington where politicians have forced them to beg for healthcare for the illnesses they contracted during the recovery effort at the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks. They will once again attempt to persuade Congress permanently to reauthorize the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and […]
Assistant Chief Ron Spadafora needs blood and platelets. A survivor of the attacks, Chief Spadafora was assigned as the World Trade Center Chief of Safety for the entire recovery operation in October 2001. He is now fighting World Trade Center cancer. He is currently a patient at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and requires regular blood […]
Jimmy Martinez retired from the FDNY after 26 years of service, many of them with E-157. He has multiple myeloma from his time at the World Trade Center and is currently a patient at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, needing regular blood and platelet transfusions Donations not used by Jimmy will be released for use by […]