NY Daily News – November 04, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino Sometimes it pays to drop an a-bomb on Congress. After a staunch 9/11 advocate called the Republican Congressman blocking permanent renewal of the Zadroga Act an “a–hole,” three more pols signed onto a bill to guarantee funding the health plan for heroes. All three of […]
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He Has No Shame as Rep. Bob Goodlatte Tries to Curb Help for Ailing 9/11 Heroe
NY Daily News – November 03, 2015 by Editorials A powerful House Republican has emerged with a message for thousands of sickened Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers: You are heroes for five years; after that, drop dead. Over the past few months, support for legislation to establish permanent funding for 9/11-related health care and […]
Fatal Brooklyn House Fire Spurs NYC To Give Out 100,000 Free Smoke Detectors
NY Daily News – November 03, 2015 by Erin Durkin After a house fire in Midwood, Brooklyn, killed seven children, Mayor de Blasio launched a program to give out 100,000 free smoke detectors to New Yorkers. “It was a horrific loss,” de Blasio said as he announced the largest in the nation program, dubbed #GetAlarmedNYC, […]
Bill to Make ‘Zadroga’ Coverage Permanent Gaining in Congress
Chief Leader – November 03, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Sept. 11 survivors suffering with uncertainty over whether their Zadroga benefits will continue drew one step closer to relief last week, even as some Republicans in Congress proposed limiting the law. ‘Did the Right Thing’ A bill to make permanent the Zadroga Act’s free medical care […]
FDNY Bravest Boxers Take on NYPD Finest Boxing Team at 33rd Annual Battle of The Badges
PhilBoxing.com – October 29, 2015 Friday November 20 at 8 p.m. in the Theater at Madison Square Garden The night will feature exciting three-round bouts featuring FDNY members versus NYPD members who will fight to raise funds for a veteran Marine Corporal Gunnery Sergeant injured in the line of duty. Proceeds from the FDNY Bravest […]
Toll of 9/11 Heroes Climbs as Zadroga Act Stalls
SI Advance – October 27, 2015 by Tom Wrobleski STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Every day, it seems, we lose another 9/11 hero. It’s like Sept. 11, 2001 never ended at all. We are still losing lives to terrorists. And yet lawmakers in Washington continue to dither when it comes to the Zadroga Act. This month […]
10 LIRR Lines Shut Down after Chemical Leak
NY Post – October 27, 2015 by Ben Feuerherd an hour Monday morning after a chemical leaked into the agency’s control station in Jamaica, Queens, FDNY officials said. Six people were taken to Jamaica Hospital after they were exposed to the chemical, halon, which is found in fire extinguishers, sources said. All the injuries were […]
Will Congress Approve The 9/11 First Responders Health Care Bill?
Inquisitr – October 26, 2015 by Coburn Palmer Jon Stewart and 9/11 first responders, along with Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, may have finally convinced Congress to fund a health care bill for recovery crews who worked to rescue victims at Ground Zero after the nation was attacked. Eleven rescue workers have died since this year’s […]
Terminally Ill Dublin Firefighters Gets Hero’s Welcome in New York City
IrishCentral – October 26, 2015 by Cahir O’Doherty Ian McCormack, 30, an Irish firefighter who has terminal brain cancer, visited New York last week as a guest of the FDNY Gaelic football team. His wife Gemma accompanied McCormack, who worked as a fireman at the Dolphin’s Barn Station in Dublin, on the five-day trip. The […]
NYC Renames Two Streets in Bronx, Brooklyn to Honor Fallen Firefighter and Police Officer
NY Daily News – October 21, 2015 by Laura Bult, Leonard Greene New York City honored two of its fallen heroes Tuesday, naming a pair of streets in the Bronx and Brooklyn after a police officer and a firefighter who died in service to the city. Bagpipes played in the Bronx, where cops unveiled a […]