At least 15 men who worked or lived around the World Trade Center during or after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks have contracted breast cancer. Five are 9/11 responders, including two city firefighters, an NYPD sergeant, an ironworker, and a highway repairman. Others worked for private businesses in the area and one was a […]
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Lower Manhattan clinic opens to ease backlog of 9/11-related illness cases
By Michael Scotto | September 20, 2018 @3:00 PM SHARE In the weeks after the September 11th attack, construction worker Tim Gleason was across the street from the World Trade Center trying to get the World Financial Center up and running. The 53-year-old says he was once a smoker, but believes the toxic air he breathed is […]
Unsung heroes: FDNY fire and EMS dispatchers honored for their life-saving roles
By THOMAS TRACY SEP 19, 2018 | 6:00 PM FDNY dispatcher Christopher Orlando, 58, will be honored as “dispatcher of the year” when the FDNY recognizes the good works of 72 fire and EMS dispatchers on Thursday. (FDNY) Those calm, collected disembodied voices on the other end of 911 calls are about to be heard — and […]
Retired FDNY firefighter dies from 9/11-related cancer
By THOMAS TRACY and ESHA RAY SEP 18, 2018 | 9:00 PM Retired FDNY firefighter John Elges has died from cancer caused by Ground Zero toxins on Saturday. (FDNY) Retired FDNY firefighter John Elges, cited three times for bravery in his decades-long career, died Saturday from cancer caused by Ground Zero toxins, his family said. He was 60. […]
FDNY firefighter, who served after September 11, laid to rest in the Capital Region
SARATOGA COUNTY (WRGB) – A member of the New York City Fire Department and Vietnam veteran was laid to rest in Saratoga County Monday. Dennis Heaney moved to Ballston Spa from New Jersey a few years ago, and died after a battle with lung cancer last week. Heaney served with the United States Marine […]
City police and fire departments invest $134M in exotic quant fund
Bloomberg News Fighting fires. Upholding the law. Investing in a quant fund loaded up with some of the most exotic and volatile derivatives trades on Wall Street. It’s all in a day’s work for New York’s finest. The pension funds for New York City’s police and fire departments last month allocated a combined […]
Moving up the ladder together: Firefighter siblings to be promoted on the same day
By THOMAS TRACY (L-R) Members of the FDNY, William Heeran and brother Sean Heeran were both promoted on the same day. William to Lt. and Sean to Captain. (FDNY) They’re going up the FDNY ladder together. Two bravest brothers from the Rockaways will both be promoted on Friday, less than a week after they marked the […]
Hurricane Florence draws FDNY group to North Carolina on 9/11 anniversary for storm preparation
By Meghan Keneally Hundreds of relatives of 9/11 victims gathered in downtown Manhattan Tuesday as they do on every anniversary of the attacks. First responders and everyday people who helped were honored and recognized with emotional messages and the somber ceremony marking the 17th year since terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers. But one group of New […]
Remembrance ceremony at WTC site marks 17th anniversary of September 11 attacks
Sandra Bookman reports on the 9/11 remembrance ceremony. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Eyewitness News Tuesday, September 11, 2018 11:19PM NEW YORK (WABC) — It is a somber day filled with tears and tributes as New York City and millions across the country mark the 17th anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks. There were moments of […]
Middletown remembers residents killed on 9/11
BY Lauren Wanko, Correspondent | September 11, 2018, 5PM EST “I’ll never forget when the first tower came down,” said Laurie Tietjen. “Everybody started crying and I said, ‘Oh my God, those poor families,’ and about a half an hour later I learned we were one of the families.” When Port Authority Police Officer Ken Tietjen learned the […]
