Plaque unveiled at S.I. Cricket Club’s 9/11 memorial match honoring Sushil Solanki

A plaque was unveiled on September 10, 2022 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Staten Island Cricket Club at their 21st annual 9/11 memorial match, reports Jillian Delaney of the Staten Island Advance.

The Club’s 9/11 memorial match honors Sushil S. Solanki, 35, a cricketer with the club who was killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 while working for Cantor Fitzgerald.

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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 the aftermath, with three more firefighters dying this week, report Thomas Tracy and Elizabeth Keogh for the New York Daily News.

Battalion Chief Joseph McKie, 60, of Battalion 41; Firefighter William Hughes, and Firefighter Gregg Lawrence, 57, of Battalion 51, all died this week.

And the fund for WTC healthcare desperately needs billions more to cover the many who are suffering. And Congress once again is not acting.

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U.S. to seek death penalty against accused New York bike path killer

Prosecutors in the case of U.S. v. Saipov, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 17-cr-00722 will seek the death penalty against the accused bike path truck bomber of October 31, 2017, reports Jonathan Stempel, Reuters.

Eight people were killed in the terrorist attack.

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