The annual lecture series at the University of Michigan honors UM alumnus Josh Rosenthal, who was killed at the World Trade Center while working at Fiduciary Trust.
This year’s speaker was FBI Director Christopher Wray. A transcript of his December 2, 2022 remarks can be found here.
In a cruel blow to the many people with World Trade Center-linked neurological conditions, the city of New York has appealed a court decision granting a WTC pension to the widow of NYPD Detective Michael Hanson, who died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“Lou Gehrig’s disease”) in 2018.
The city first put Cathy Hanson through multiple extensions before making its decision, reports Thomas Tracy for the New York Daily News.
“Every time I get one of these legal notifications about his case, I relive his illness, his bravery,” Cathy Hanson said. “[The city] should do what’s right for the responders who wouldn’t hesitate to help others again without any thought of themselves.”
Never forget, indeed.
The Twin Towers Memorial in Pleasant Hills, CA, near San Francisco was recently covered in graffiti by vandals.
When he saw the damage, National Guard Iraq veteran Israel Massallo worked to make it clean again, reports CBS News.
Thank you!
