Method developed by Brazilian and US researchers distinguishes between malignant and benign tumors and rules out false positive results. The incidence of thyroid cancer among first responders who volunteered or were employed as firefighters, rescue personnel and cleanup workers at Ground Zero in New York on or after September 11, […]
The resolution, drafted and introduced by Commissioner Christopher Gioia, was unanimously approved by the five commissioners. Members of the audience — including the families of fallen firefighters Thomas J. Hetzel and Robert Evans, both Franklin Square natives — joined in solemn but celebratory applause after the fifth “ay” was spoken. […]
Comedian Jon Stewart, an outspoken advocate for 9/11 first responders, blasted Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for his objection Wednesday to a bipartisan bill to ensure a compensation fund for victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks never runs out of money. The full story with video clips: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/abomination-jon-stewart-blasts-rand-paul-blocking-9-11-victims-n1031136
Lawyers’ Committee to File Mandamus Petition as U.S. Attorney Declines to Disclose Status of 9/11 Grand Jury Proceeding The crux of the matter here: The goal of this federal court filing will be to have the court confirm that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has acted in good faith by presenting […]
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon Nearly 18 years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, a battle is being waged to replenish the fund to support emergency responders and their families. The existing $7.5 billion fund is in danger of running out of money and there are still some 19,000 […]
Thousands of photographs taken at Ground Zero in the wake of the 9/11 attacks have come to light after they were purchased at an estate auction. The photographs were shot among the rubble of the World Trade Centre towers during the clean-up operation between September and October 2001. Unseen by […]
By Robert Preidt MONDAY, June 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A possible link between World Trade Center dust and prostate cancer in first responders has been found by researchers. Exposure to dust at the New York City site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks triggered chronic inflammation in the […]
Luis Alvarez, a former New York City police detective who became a leading champion for extending health benefits to Sept. 11 first responders, died on Saturday after a battle with cancer he traced to the months he spent helping clean up the World Trade Center site. He was 53. In […]
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t’s been 16 years since the start of the Iraq War, and New Zealand still has troops in Iraq. It’s far past time to end New Zealand’s military occupation in Iraq. Deployment is scheduled to end on June 30, but we’re not confident that it will. NZ has extended deployment […]