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.
The annual PurpleStride® New York City 2015 5-K Run and Family-Friendly Walk will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2015 in Brooklyn's famed Prospect Park.Pancreatic cancer is the fourth deadliest cancer in the US and is set to become the second deadliest by 2020. Many recovery workers from the World Trade Center have been afflicted with pancreatic cancer. […]
At 11:00am on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, a bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers will be joined by labor leaders, advocates, and 9/11 first responders and survivors to announce introduction of legislation renewing and extending the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation programs set to expire this Congress. After nearly a decade-long fight to stand by […]
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will hold a webinar/teleconference entitled Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Update on Slow-Growing Lymphomas on Thursday, April 16, 2015, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, Eastern Standard Time. The speaker will be Owen A. O'Connor, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics and director of the Center for Lymphoid Malignancies at Columbia University Medical Center. […]
Retired Firefighter Gregory A. Chevalley, formerly of Ladder 176 has died of World Trade Center-related lung cancer. He was 43 and leaves a wife and two children. His wake will be held at the Raynor D'Andrea Funeral Home in West Sayville on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. His […]
Retired Firefighter Gregory A. Chevalley, formerly of Ladder 176 has died of World Trade Center-related lung cancer. He was 43 and leaves a wife and two children. His funeral Mass will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 11:00am at Our Lady of Snow Church in Blue Point, NY. Our Lady of Snow Church […]
On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 11:00am, a plaque dedication will be held honoring the memory of Firefighter William R. O'Connor of Ladder 84, who died of World Trade Center-related illness on January 16, 2006. The dedication will be held in the quarters of Engine 164/Ladder 84. All off-duty members and their families are invited […]