“Come from Away” finishes Broadway run

“Come from Away”, the musical about kindness shown by the people of Gander during 9/11 when planes were forced to land there due to the closure of U.S. airspace, has ended its Broadway run after nearly five years.

Some details about the show can be found here or here.

The cast, producers, and crew have been very kind to the 9/11 Tribute Museum and we are grateful to them!

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Firefighter James J. Cody, Jr. Road: Garden City South 9/11 hero honored with street renaming

Roxbury Road South in Garden City South has been renamed to honor FDNY Firefighter James J. Cody, Jr. who grew up on the block. Later, FF Cody spent many months working with the recovery efforts and died of World Trade Center-related respiratory illness last year.

James Cody was 62, report News 12 staff.

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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 justice to a long-overlooked group. Many people in the September 11th community are wondering why the House completely ignored the $3 billion shortfall in the 9/11 healthcare fund, reports Michael McAuliff for the New York Daily News. 

The World Trade Center Health Program will have no funding by 2026 and will be unable to pay for new cases of World Trade Center illness much sooner than that. which provides care and monitoring for some 118,000 people exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero, is facing a $3 billion deficit and will run out of funds by 2026.

Politicians make promises and blame one another for the failure rather than working to rectify the problem.

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