9/11 Injuries

A newly uncovered memo confirms what the 9/11 community has long suspected: city officials were aware of the dangers of Ground Zero toxins while publicly assuring residents, workers, and first responders that the air in Lower Manhattan was safe to breathe. Dated October 2001, the memo from the City’s Law Department warned senior officials that […]

We have learned that the mastermind of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11, as well as two of his accomplices, has reached an agreement to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty. On behalf of the entire 9/11 community, we are outraged that these heartless terrorists have been […]

In an effort to expand health care access for responders and survivors who have been diagnosed with 9/11-related injuries or illnesses, the free World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program has announced plans to expand its Nationwide Provider Network (NPN). The expanded network – administered by Managed Care Advisors (MCA)-Sedgwick – will increase the number of […]

9/11 Victims Forced to Pay Over 150% Interest for Loans Managing Partner Mike Barasch was interviewed on 60 Minutes for a story about a lending company that was charging people in the 9/11 community exorbitant interest rates for loans they needed while they waited for their VCF award payments. We blew the whistle on RD […]

February is American Heart Month. If you were there as a first responder or you worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11, you have a higher risk of developing many respiratory illnesses and 69 different types of cancer resulting from exposure to Ground Zero toxins. In addition, a study published by the Journal of […]

Thousands of emergency medical responders were deployed to Lower Manhattan on 9/11 and in the weeks and months that followed, to help people injured in the attack and participate in search-and-rescue and recovery operations. Yet even as these responders, members of FDNY EMS Local 2507 and DC 37 Local 3621, were saving lives, their own […]