Spire installed at One World Trade Center
Workers have fully installed the spire atop One World Trade Center on Friday morning, bringing it to a symbolic 1,776 [...]
9/11 responders have 15 percent higher cancer rate
Responders have a much higher rate of developing cancer.
9/11 responders cautiously hopeful for cancer aid
9/11 responders reacted with cautious hope Wednesday to news that the
city might release data illuminating whether Ground Zero dust caused
their cancers.
UPDATE: Bill de Blasio, responders demand 9/11-related cancer data
The last thing NYPD officer Alonzo Harris did the night of 9/11 was put
his uniform in double plastic bags and bury it in his closet.
Michael Bloomberg blamed for lack of 9/11 funds
Council members amped up pressure on Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday
to do more to accelerate research about a possible 9/11 cancer link.
PTSD reports increase among 9/11 responders
As the years since 9/11 go by, the number of NYPD officers reporting
post-traumatic stress disorder have dramatically increased instead of
going down, according to new study results discussed Thursday.
Council: Reassess 9/11 cancer link
The City Council will consider a resolution today that asks the federal
government to reconsider a report released this summer that says there
is no link between Ground Zero toxins and first responders who now have
cancer.
Ten years after 9/11, nothing to bury
Joyce and Russell Mercer desperately want even a pinky of their son’s
remains. But 10 years after Sept. 11, they have not received anything of
Scott Kopytko, 32, who died on assignment as a firefighter in the south
tower.
Sept. 11 memorial mistake: Victim’s name misspelled
Janice Hart arrived at the Sept. 11 memorial Sunday to touch the name of her brother — only to find it misspelled.
‘Sweet and Sad’: Intimate reflections on a tragedy, 10 years later
It’s understandable to expect gravitas from any play commemorating the
10th anniversary of 9/11, but “Sweet and Sad,” now playing at The Public
Theater, doesn’t lean on its context. Informality and levity balance
its coexisting titular characteristics.