Coronavirus • Victim Compensation Fund • 9/11 Injuries
First Active-Duty FDNY 9/11 Hero Succumbs to COVID-19
By Michael Barasch
9/11 devastated the New York City Fire Department, which lost 343 heroes in the wreckage of the horrific terrorist attacks. In the nearly two decades since then, hundreds of FDNY firefighters and emergency responders have succumbed to 68 different types of cancer and many respiratory diseases resulting from exposure to Ground Zero toxins. And now, […]