Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may increase the long-term risk for stroke and heart attack in blue-collar clean-up crews who worked in the aftermath of The World Trade Center plane attack on September 11, 2001, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes,
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July 10, 2018
For 17 years, Frank and Mary Fetchet have dedicated their lives to becoming experts in the one subject most of us would rather not know anything about: tragedy.
July 9, 2018
The remaining wreckage of United Flight 93 has been buried near the Pennsylvania memorial marking where it crashed on 9/11.
July 8, 2018
John Vigiano Sr., a former Marine and decorated retired FDNY captain whose first responder sons lost their lives on 9/11, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, according to a family friend. He was 79.
June 27, 2018
A bipartisan effort by four members of New York’s Congressional delegation has helped scuttle a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to transfer a program handling critical health care issues for 9/11 first responders, according to Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford).
June 25, 2018
Over the past several years, more and more volunteers from the World Trade Center disaster have been diagnosed with cancer, linked to their exposure to the toxic smoke and fumes rising from the rubble. One of those people is Michael Dorian.
June 23, 2018
A 40-year FDNY veteran who oversaw rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site after 9/11 has succumbed to cancer linked to his efforts at ground zero.
June 23, 2018
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) is an international interdisciplinary professional organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about traumatic stress by bringing together experts in mental health, policy, and service delivery from across the glo
June 23, 2018
In the days and weeks after the Twin Towers fell, many New Yorkers turned to the one place they knew they could always count on to bring them together and raise their spirit: a sports stadium seat.
June 21, 2018
Officials say the remaining wreckage of United Airlines flight 93 will be returned later this year to the Pennsylvania memorial, marking where it crashed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
June 20, 2018
For all of us who remember the devastating attacks and the aftermath of September 11, 2001, last week’s opening of 3 World Trade Center is yet another sign of New York’s remarkable strength and resilience.
June 14, 2018
One year after the devastating Grenfell Tower fire which claimed the lives of 72 people, survivors and local community groups are turning their minds to what should be done with the site of the disaster and how its victims should be remembered. A report by Katie Razzall and Stuart Denman.
June 9, 2018
A top Iranian official has admitted for the first time that Iran knowingly helped al-Qaeda terrorists — including some of the 9/11 attackers — travel secretly through the Middle East.
June 3, 2018
The final phase of the Flight 93 National Memorial is underway and on track to open on the 17th anniversary of plane's crash into a Pennsylvania field during 9/11. United Airlines Flight 93 was en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco on Sept.
June 1, 2018
Officials say the remaining wreckage of United Flight 93 will be returned later this year to the Pennsylvania memorial marking where it crashed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Flight 93 National Memorial Superintendent Stephen Clark says the wreckage will be buried in a restricted area of the park
May 30, 2018
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum has unveiled the design for the historic evolution of the 9/11 Memorial, marking a milestone in a collaborative and continuing design process.
May 30, 2018
The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks persists more than 16 years later in the spate of life-threatening illnesses and the all-too-regularly-reported deaths of people who were exposed to World Trade Center toxins.
May 24, 2018
Thomas Wilson was a sergeant at the NYPD’s 90th Precinct, covering Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn, on Sept. 11, 2001. He helped shut down the Williamsburg Bridge as part of a virtual army of police, firefighters and others who answered the ultimate call to duty.
May 23, 2018
Voices of September 11th (Voices) will be hosting its 4th annual charity golf outing on Monday, July 23, 2018. The event will be held at the Westchester Country Club’s West Course in Rye, New York.
May 22, 2018
Lt. William Gleason was awake for six straight days following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as he worked to rescue people from the rubble of the World Trade Center.
