Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, New York City released tens of thousands of pages of documents confirming previous city officials were aware of the potential health hazards first responders and survivors faced but still encouraged New Yorkers to return to dust-strewn areas surrounding Ground Zero after the terror attacks.
Read MoreTwenty-two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York State Unified Court System remembered the three court officers who lost their lives that day on Monday.
Read MoreMaspeth Savings Bank hosted a tribute the first responders lost during 9/11 in the Queens neighborhood last week.
“Tommy, Harry and Mitch are not heroes because they died, they're heroes because of the way they lived.”
Read More“If we are going to de-stigmatize this medical condition, we need more people discussing it openly and treating it like every other medical condition.”
Read MoreThe bills make it easier for first responders to apply for disability pensions and receive disability benefits.
Read More“I think everyone in this room knows where they were that day.”
Read MoreMore than twenty officers ran into the building to rescue victims of the attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Three didn’t make it out.
Read MoreThe FDNY members, who range from doctors and paramedics to captains and battalion chiefs, will have their names permanently added to the wall.
Read MoreFor many of the mourners, the loss also was a deeply personal one.
Read MoreDetective Luis Alvarez appeared with former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart last month to plead with Congress to extend the compensation fund.
Read More“Tens of thousands of people are being penalized merely because their illnesses were diagnosed later than an arbitrary date.”
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