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January 2, 2012
A dispute over construction costs is delaying the planned opening of the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York on the 11th anniversary of the attacks next year, officials said on Friday.
Arguing over money are the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is overseeing construction at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan, and the National September 11 Memorial Foundation, which designed the museum and raised the money to build it. More.
January 2, 2012
Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, relatives of some of the victims began suspecting that someone was eavesdropping on their telephones.
Some heard mysterious clicking sounds on their home and mobile phones. The fiancee of one man who died at the World Trade Center remembers listening to snippets of someone else’s conversation on her line. A husband of another victim recalls hearing somebody remotely accessing his home answering machine, which still held the final, reassuring message left by his wife shortly before the crash of Flight 93. Others say they are baffled as to how details about their loved ones appeared in British tabloids within days of the attacks. More.
December 30, 2011
Among 9/11 responders at the World Trade Center, the onset of respiratory problems and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) seems to be strongly correlated, with indications that PTSD may lay the groundwork for the development of breathing issues, a new study finds.
“This study illustrates the integral relationship between mental health and physical diseases that WTC responders suffer,” study co-author Dr. Benjamin Luft said in a Stony Brook University Medical Center news release. More.
December 29, 2011
Twins Vincent and Sean Leone of Floral Park stood together, smiling while their uncle, Patrick Cuoco of New Hyde Park, snapped their photograph.
As the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan announced Thursday it had received more than 1 million visitors, the brothers and their uncle were among the thousands at the 8-acre memorial on a recent cold and gray day. The brothers had paused at a corner of the South Pool, one of two acre-size pools with waterfalls set into the footprints of the iconic Twin Towers, which once loomed over the New York landscape. More.
December 29, 2011
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says work on a planned museum at the World Trade Center has ground to a halt because of a money dispute, and there is now “no chance” it will open on time this year.
The museum commemorating the 9/11 attacks is scheduled to open this September on the 11th anniversary of the disaster. But in recent months the foundation that oversees the memorial has been fighting with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey over who is responsible for paying for millions of dollars in infrastructure costs. More.
November 30, 2011
On Monday, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and the Tribute WTC Visitor Center announced a new partnership to support programming for visitors to the World Trade Center’s memorial site.
The WTC Tribute Visitor Center will provide the 9/11 Memorial and Museum with portraits of all 3,000 victims for a special memorial exhibition to commemorate all of the lives lost in the attacks, and will continue training people directly impacted by 9/11 to lead on-site tours. More.
November 22, 2011
A retired New York City cop who helped people escape from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 seems to have won his battle over flying a flag commemorating that tragic day’s victims. Richard Wentz had until yesterday to remove the flag from outside the home he rents at the Fairways at Heron Bay in Coral Springs, Fla., or face fines – but he had refused.
According to the regulations of his homeowner’s association, only one flag could be flown at each home, but Wentz has two: One standard American flag and one with the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 9/11 attacks. More.
November 21, 2011
The planned 2012 opening of the Sept. 11 museum at the World Trade Center is in jeopardy amid a dispute over hundreds of millions of dollars in unexpected costs related to redeveloping the site, people familiar with the matter said.
Construction on the sprawling museum has slowed considerably since September, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey stopped approving new contracts and extensions of existing contracts, people familiar with the matter said. Its planned September 2012 opening will likely be pushed back, the people said. More.
November 17, 2011
On Tuesday several Senators from the Armed Services Committee reached an agreement on the controversial handling and prosecution of suspected terrorists.
The agreement, struck by Senator Carl Levin (D – Michigan), the chair of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator John McCain (R – Arizona), the ranking member, would allow the military custody of all suspected terrorists except when the administration makes “a national security determination” to keep the detainee in civilian custody. More.
November 16, 2011
The National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum reached a milestone this week, boasting half a million visitors from more than 100 countries worldwide since its grand opening just over two months ago.
While many Downtown residents feel proud to have an international landmark in their backyard, many of them fear of ever-increasing vehicle and pedestrian traffic on the already jam-packed streets of Lower Manhattan. More.
November 15, 2011
First responders who were exposed to the dust cloud during and immediately following the New York City terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, may be at increased risk for heart disease, experts warn.
Those Ground Zero workers who got there first may have breathed in even more of this toxic dust than those who came on the scene after Sept. 13, and may be at greater risk for heart disease as a result, according to new findings slated for presentation Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, FL. More.
November 13, 2011
Hundreds of members of the Christ Church of Charlotte heard a special guest recount his life changing experience during their 10am Sunday school. Brian Clark spoke about the day of September 11, 2001 and what his life has been like since 9/11. “I know I was being given help, miracles where happening all around me.” Clark said.
Clark worked at Euro-Brokers three floors above where the second hi-jacked plane struck. He would become only one of four people above the floor where the plane crashed that survived. More.
November 12, 2011
On Nov. 19, 2001, Susan Ainbinder Hutchins received a call saying that her son, Kevin Colbert, who worked at an investment bank on the 89th floor of 2 World Trade Center, had been identified among the ground zero remains.
“I’m thinking, they found my son,” she said, “but the funeral director had a real hard time making eye contact with me. He said, ‘Susan, I don’t know what they told you on the telephone, but we only have his thighbone from his right leg.’” More.
November 11, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a statue Friday that honors the U.S. Special Forces’ response to the attacks on 9/11. Its title is “de Oppresso Liber,” which translates to “Free the Oppressed.” It features a soldier on a mountain horse riding into combat in Afghanistan.
“You will not find in all of history a group of men with more courage, with more conviction, with a greater sense of patriotism and more absolute outright damn skill than the men who are being honored by that statue,” said Biden. More.
November 2, 2011
Families of those who died aboard United Airlines Flight 93 are asking lawmakers and Obama administration officials to set aside federal money to complete a 9/11 memorial at the crash site in Pennsylvania.
The dedication of the first phase of the $62 million Flight 93 National Memorial was held in September. The memorial will honor the 40 passengers and crew members who died when the airliner crashed in a field near Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers fought terrorists for control of the hijacked plane that was targeting Washington, D.C. More.
November 1, 2011
The military lawyers for the 9/11 suspects, in what is believed to be an unprecedented legal move, are accusing the Defense Department of sanctioning “practices that are unlawful” that will “effectively stall this case.”
In a letter to the head of detainee affairs obtained by Fox News, military attorneys for the 9/11 suspects, including the self-described architect of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as well as lawyers for other high-value detainees, claim that correspondence between the detainees and their attorneys is routinely opened, read and even confiscated by Defense Department officials. More.
November 1, 2011
They run to forget, and they run to remember. It’s always complicated like that for the family members of the United Airlines Flight 93 victims, never a simple matter of assigning the events of 9/11, or the decade that followed, into some tidy compartment of the mind.
“It’s a puzzle you sometimes want to piece together and sometimes don’t,” said Kiki Homer, the sister of LeRoy Homer, who was co-pilot on the doomed flight that crashed in Shanksville, Pa., after a famous in-air tussle with terrorists. “I like to think my brother fought to the end with everybody else.” More.
October 24, 2011
Last year, you graciously presented me with the Lifetime Achievement Award – I brought it here with me today just in case you want to take it back.
Last year, before this session, Ron Ruecker told me that the IACP had planned to give this award. I remarked that I did not feel old enough to have earned it. To which Ron replied, “Do not underestimate yourself. You are old enough to have earned this award 10 years ago.” More.
October 18, 2011
A decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, Yale students are still discussing their effect on the way minorities are perceived in the United States.
The South Asian Society at Yale, in collaboration with the Yale Chaplain’s Office and two other student groups, held a forum Monday night for reflection on racial profiling in the post-9/11 world as part of a series of University-wide events commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the attacks. The evening’s discussion addressed societal issues that have developed since 9/11, such as racial profiling in airports, and how those policies reveal that discrimination still exists against minority groups. More.
October 17, 2011
Logan also became the first airport to deploy full-body scanners, called advanced imaging technology, on March 8, 2010. The machines detect non-metallic weapons such as explosives that can be hidden beneath a person’s clothing.
The airport’s latest “first” on the security front is to serve as the host to a Transportation Security Administration experiment nicknamed “chat-downs.” The experiment, in which TSA officers try to tease out clues to suspicious or deceptive behavior from travelers before they go through metal detectors. The program is still being tweaked, but could be expanded nationwide. More.
October 17, 2011
The 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan was built mostly with private donations. But the non-profit that runs the memorial says tax dollars are needed to maintain it.
The debate over proposed federal legislation that would provide the memorial’s private foundation with $20 million in federal money each year, or about one-third of its operating budget, begins this week with hearings in Washington. More.
October 15, 2011
St. Nicholas Church, destroyed 10 years ago in the Sept. 11 attacks, will be rebuilt near the original site in Manhattan, according to an agreement signed Friday.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to have the church rebuilt at 130 Liberty Street. The construction will also include a nondenominational bereavement center. More.
October 14, 2011
Did not have the force of law according to a copy of the legislation. A Department of Homeland Security authorization bill that passed out of the House Homeland Security Committee Thursday included an amendment calling for allocating D block spectrum for public safety, but it did not have the force of law according to a copy of the legislation.
That should not be a huge surprise given that one of the amendment’s backers was Committee Chair, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who is a big backer of allocation over auction of the spectrum, having introduced a bill to that effect. More.
September 30, 2011
On Oct. 4, both the wind orchestra and the symphonic band will have a concert revolving around a specially composed piece commemorating the events of 9/11. Though the 10th anniversary of 9/11 has already passed, the emotion and confusion of that day will surely never be forgotten.
The piece was composed by professor of music theory and composition Dr. Benjamin Boone, who incorporated the thoughts and comments from music students of that tragic day. The wind orchestra will perform this two-part piece called 9/11: Voices Echo, Attack and Aftermath. More.
September 29,2011
Trinity Catholic High School sophomore Carmine DeRubeis was a 5-year-old kindergartner on Sept. 11, 2001.
Ten years later, DeRubeis, now 15, said he remembers hearing about the terrorist attacks after school at his grandmother’s house, where the news was being reported on the television. On Thursday, DeRubeis and his classmates learned about how Sept. 11 has shaped their community and the country from three speakers who directly experienced the events. More.
September 28, 2011
New Canaan High School students heard from some familiar local voices at a symposium about the tenth anniversary of September 11 on Tuesday, Sept. 27. But they also heard some very different perspectives about the events of a day that organizers hoped would bring context to the students.
Mary Fetchet, the Founding Director of Voices of September 11, Wendy Hilboldt, a New Canaan parent, teacher and EMS volunteer and author Bonnie McEneaney were there, and so were Palestinian-American Amer Nimr, the Reverend Nicholas T. Porter, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport, and Dr. Marin Strmecki, the Senior Vice President and Director of Programs at the Smith Richardson Foundation in Westport. More.
September 28, 2011
Lit candles marked the way toward remembrance last night during the “Never Forget Candlelight Memorial” on the back lawn of Woodbury Commons-Bunting Cobb on Douglass campus.
The ceremony, organized by the resident assistants and Peer Academic Leaders (PALs) in Woodbury Commons-Bunting Cobb, featured key speaker Ron Miskoff and student speaker Sarah Morrison, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Morrison brought with her The Scarlet Tribute, a flag comprised of students’ handprints, making its second appearance on campus. More.
September 27, 2011
As a Fayette County Sherriff’s department helicopter hovered overhead and classmates formed a human peace sign, the 189-member Rising Starr Middle School Chorus honored the victims and heroes of 9-11 by singing the Star-Spangled Banner. This tribute was the first in a series of choral performances that will honor our country or memorialize the attacks of September 11th, 2001.
The eighth-grade mixed chorus joined the SMHS combined chorus in singing the National Anthem during the Starr’s Mill home football game last Friday. On Thursday at 7 p.m. the RSMS chorus will join voices with the six SMHS choirs to observe the tenth anniversary of 9-11. More.
September 20, 2011
For the past 15 years, Ken Druck has helped grieving families move on with their lives. On Sunday, Sept. 11, he stood at a spot where the entire country’s grief was focused – the memorial park at “Ground Zero,” where New York City’s World Trade Center towers once touched the sky.
Druck and his girlfriend, Lisette Omoss, traveled to New York to meet with families of people who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, and Druck also delivered a talk on promoting resiliency at a “Day of Remembrance” event organized by the nonprofit group Voices of September 11. Keynote speakers at the event also included Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. More.
September 17, 2011
With the recent passing of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our country, most all of us have had time to reflect on the past 10 years. Many questions remain unanswered and the feelings and emotions we feel are in many cases as strong today as they were over a decade ago.
And while the lines to donate blood, help the victims, or send aid may have subsided, I truly believe that most people still have a hole in their heart for those who continue to suffer all these years later. I also believe that most people still hope to find something positive from something so horrible. More.
September 16, 2011
Girls Scouts from Troop 1799 in Hanover Township dedicated a London Plane Tree, similar to trees that grew between the World Trade Center towers before they were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the terrorist attack, at Central Park on Eden Lane in Whippany Sunday.
On hand were Hanover Township Committee members and other dignitaries. Whippany resident Lauren O’Connor, a candidate for the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest level of Girl Scouting, spearheaded the dedication. More.
September 11, 2011
This anniversary provided something previous ones couldn’t — names to go with the numbers, a sense of permanence and a place to reflect. Among those in attendance were the past two presidents in Barack Obama and George W. Bush, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the three tri-state area governors including Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut, and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Obama read a Bible passage after a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., when the north tower was struck by a jet a decade ago. More.
September 10, 2011
The $12 million memorial sits in the park where first responders gathered to launch rescue efforts a decade ago, and many New Jerseyans came to mourn.
The memorial’s long, parallel walls recall the shape of the Twin Towers if they were lying on their sides, and when you walk between them your gaze is directed across the Hudson River toward the spot in lower Manhattan where the buildings once stood. The brushed stainless steel of the walls captures the changing reflections of the clouds, weather and skyline. More.
September 9, 2011
In the midst of the 2004 presidential election, two women widowed by al Qaeda found themselves on opposing sides of a rancorous debate over national security as each supported the candidate they believed would best prevent another 9/11.
Deena Burnett-Bailey, whose husband Tom Burnett died after fighting back against the hijackers on United Airlines Flight 93, took to the stage of the Republican National Convention for a moment in front of the television cameras. More.
September 8, 2011
The Sept. 11 attacks that triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan also uprooted 16-year-old Abdul Ghattar from his village in war-torn Helmand province, bringing him to a desolate refugee camp on the edge of Kabul.
Yet Mr. Ghattar stared blankly when asked whether he knew about al Qaeda’s strike on the U.S., launched a decade ago from Afghan soil. “Never heard of it,” he shrugged as he lined up for water at the camp’s well, which serves thousands of fellow refugees. “I have no idea why the Americans are in my country.” More.
September 7, 2011
Ten years have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, but, for many people, it’s still Sept. 12, 2001, area grief counselors say. Even those who have been able to move forward with their lives may find that a smell or sound can trigger a memory that brings back their traumatic grief.
“There is still a need to address the needs of this community; they haven’t gone away. The challenges have only evolved, and I think that that is a misconception people have, that it’s 10 years later and people should be ‘over it,’” said Michelle Doherty, a Branford resident and licensed clinical social worker at Voices of September 11th in New Canaan. More.
August 25, 2011
Americans eager to give after the 9/11 terrorist attacks poured $1.5 billion into hundreds of charities established to serve the victims, their families and their memories. But a decade later, an Associated Press investigation shows that many of those nonprofits have failed miserably.
There are those that spent huge sums on themselves, those that cannot account for the money they received, those that have few results to show for their spending and those that have yet to file required income tax returns. Yet many of the charities continue to raise money in the name of Sept. 11. More.
August 24, 2011
The seed was planted the morning after the 9/11 terrorists attacked – a plan to recognize those who died with daffodils that would bloom every spring. Ten years on, there may be more than 10 million of the flowers in the city, each paying tribute in glorious yellow, the color of remembrance.
The Daffodil Project germinated while Hans van Waardenburg, the Dutch tulip mogul who owns B+K Flowerbulbs, was trying to reach New York friends by phone. More.
August 24, 2011
On the 10 year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, Mount Shasta’s Marie Mitchell will be at Ground Zero in New York to remember her brother, Paul, a firefighter who was killed inside the World Trade Center that day.
A 31 year resident of Mount Shasta who grew up in Brooklyn, Marie was invited to read the names of 9/11 victims during this year’s memorial ceremony, which Presidents Obama and Bush are planning to attend. More.
August 23, 2011
NeoSpire Managed Hosting is honored to have been chosen as the hosting service provider for VOICES of September 11th, an organization dedicated to supporting families, rescue workers and survivors from 9/11. In advance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, it was important for VOICES and the 9/11 Living Memorial Project to have a hosting services provider able to handle the massive amounts data and the high traffic demands without worrying about down time.
“Using NeoSpire’s hosting service allows VOICES to triple its available data space for the Living Memorial Project, a digital archive that will become a key component of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum when it opens in 2012,” said Tom Suchecki, IT Specialist at VOICES of September 11th. More.
August 17, 2011
With the 10th anniversary approaching, Voices of September 11th interns spoke with civic, religious and education leaders in New Canaan and throughout Fairfield County for the organization’s 9/11 Living Memorial project.
Kelly Saiz, a rising senior at New Canaan High School said the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago are her generation’s Pearl Harbor. Saiz spent her summer as an intern at Voices of September 11th. She and fellow intern Madeleine Prior shared what they learned from the experience with an audience gathered at the New Canaan Library on Monday, Aug 16. More.
July 25, 2011
PBS has announced plans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a mixture of new programs and repeats. The schedule, starting in the week leading up to the anniversary, is to include “America Remembers – 9/11,” a “PBS NewsHour” presentation exploring the lasting effects that the terrorist attacks have had across the United States.
New York Philharmonic 10th Anniversary Concert for 9/11, conducted by Alan Gilbert and taped the day before; and “Engineering Ground Zero,” about the construction of One World Trade Center, including interviews with the architect David Childs and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. More.
July 13, 2011
Mary Vazquez was teaching a lesson about communities at Millburn Middle School nearly 10 years ago when another teacher rushed into her classroom with a message to give if students asked: “Two planes went into the World Trade Center. You are safe.”
When the 9/11 terror attacks occurred, schools struggled with how to handle the unthinkable news. Some locked down their buildings, others made terse announcements, and still others said nothing to students that day. More.
June 12, 2011
The National September 11th Memorial, set to open to the public on September 12 this year, is expecting quite a large number of visitors, if advanced ticket reservations are any indication.
Monday, reserved passes to the memorial became available on its website, and 24 hours later, 42,000 passes had been reserved, according to Joe Daniels, president and CEO of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. More.
July 11, 2011
On Sept. 12, 2011, when the public is allowed to step onto the World Trade Center site for the first time in 10 years, the approach will be more pedestrian than poignant.
Visitors will pass through police screening gates and walk past barriers designed to prevent bombs from tearing through the site again. But this sobering reintroduction to the World Trade Center site is perhaps a fitting transition from the past decade – when the public’s last direct experience of the site was a morning of terror – to a new era. More.
June 11, 2011
New York’s senators are hoping a first responder who helped lobby for the September 11th health care bill can now influence lawmakers to vote for a nationwide wireless network for first responders.
The New York Daily News reports John Feal will team up with Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to lobby 15 senators likely to vote against the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act. More.
July 8, 2011
With two months to go before its scheduled opening, the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan will start taking reservations online on Monday morning. The passes will be free but will be necessary to enter the memorial, which will open to the public on Sept. 12.
The ceremony to unveil the memorial is scheduled for Sept. 11, the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed almost 3,000 people. But only members of the victims’ families will be allowed to visit the memorial that day. More.
June 30, 2011
Health care programs for people sickened by Ground Zero will officially open for business in New York City and Long Island Friday, officials said. The $1.5 billion health care component will allow chosen hospitals to hire extra doctors, contract social workers, and provide care even if those who worked at Ground Zero move out of New York, supporters said.
“It was a huge effort by the city, HHS (Health and Human Services), and the clinics to implement the Zadroga Act just six months after the president signed it — but now, responders and survivors will see better access to services and care,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney. More.
June 28, 2011
Nearly 3,000 flags bearing the names of 9/11 victims will go up in a park near ground zero during the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, in an effort led by a Greenwich resident. John Michelotti, a former engineer who came up with the idea, says the city’s parks department has granted a permit for the flags.
NYC Memorial Field will be open from Sept. 8-12. Michelotti sees it as an alternative place in lower Manhattan for people to reflect, as only victims’ families will have access to the new 9/11 memorial on Sept. 11. More.
June 27, 2011
The New York Philharmonic said on Monday that it would give a special memorial concert to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks: a free performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection,” at Avery Fisher Hall.
One of the first major 9/11 cultural remembrances announced so far, the concert will be broadcast live on the radio and projected on a screen in Lincoln Center’s plaza. It will actually take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, and be rebroadcast on PBS the next evening. More.
June 27, 2011
Three thousand flags bearing the names of 9/11 victims will go on display in Battery Park this September. Called the NYC Memorial Field, the five-day project aims to give all New Yorkers who lived through the events of 9/11 a public place to gather and pay respects to those who were killed that day, during the 10th anniversary.
“There’s been nothing for the New Yorkers who lived through 9/11,” said John Michelotti, who is leading the effort. “Every year, they have nothing for survivors.” More.
June 23, 2011
One of the Army’s most prominent lawyers has been appointed chief prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions, a clear signal that the Obama administration is determined to move forward briskly with tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, a Harvard Law School graduate who is commander of the Rule of Law Field Force in Afghanistan, will take up his new post Oct. 1, the Pentagon said in a statement Thursday. More.
Jun 23, 2011
As the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks nears, workers at an airplane hangar filled with World Trade Center steel have dispatched charred hunks of metal to towns across America for building memorials.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the steel left behind when the World Trade Center collapsed, has already dispatched thousands of artifacts and is hoping to fill hundreds of last minute requests before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, when many memorials will be unveiled. More.
June 22, 2011
An important initiative currently being planned at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum (9/11 Memorial): the anticipated relocation of the Family Room currently on the 20th floor of One Liberty Plaza to the new Museum Pavilion in the fall of 2012. We are a group of volunteers comprised of 9/11 family members who lost loved ones on that tragic day, and we have been working closely with the 9/11 Memorial on this very important project.
For almost nine years, the Family Room has been a great source of comfort for 9/11 family members. It has been our private refuge; the one place where we can go – private from outside intrusion – to sit quietly and remember our loved ones, say silent prayers if we wish, place birthday cards, letters, notes, and anything that might comfort us. More.
June 22, 2011
The $2.7 billion Zadroga 9/11 fund to help sickened Ground Zero responders is set to include area residents who breathed in the poisons. Residents who lived anywhere south of Reade St. between the Hudson and East rivers would be eligible for the health and compensation program under federal regulations proposed Tuesday.
“It is a good thing, a fair thing because it means people who didn’t work at The Pit, but got sick, can still be helped,” said John Feal, a 9/11 advocate and demolition supervisor who worked at Ground Zero. More.
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