First Responders

9/11 Panel Considers Cancer Coverage Under Zadroga Act

| Posted 02.16.2012

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By Jill Colvin LOWER MANHATTAN — An advisory panel examining which conditions should be covered by the Zadroga Act appeared close Wednesday to r...

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City Denies Request For Parade Honoring 9/11 First Responders

Posted 01.25.2012

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The city has denied a request from a disabled Ground Zero worker to organize a ticker-tape parade honoring 9/11 first responders. 51-year old TJ G...

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Let's Commit to Stop the Pain and Toll of Gun Violence

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 12.27.2011

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Dennis A. Henigan

To honor the 80 Americans who lose their lives to gunfire every day and the families, and communities like Carson City, that suffer so grievously, let us do what we can to stop the toll of gun violence.

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Teachers, First Responders To Protest Against Scott Brown

Posted 12.26.2011

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In hopes of securing his re-election bid, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has cast himself as the bipartisan candidate. Touting his ability to handle p...

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Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Jobs Bill Aimed At Helping Teachers, First Responders

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Despite a campaign-style push this week by President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday scuttled pared-back jobs legislation aimed at ...

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Andrea Stone

Crisis Confusion Reigns In Capital 10 Years After 9/11 With 'No One In Charge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The nation's capital made it through a rare earthquake and treacherous blizzard this year, laying bare a scary reality: Getting out of W...

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The Terrible Shame of the 9/11 Decade

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 11.12.2011

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Blake Fleetwood

No question about it that 9/11 was an atrocious horror and the first responders were heroes. But what happened after 9/11 was perhaps a greater horr...

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Using the 9/11 Documentary Rebirth to Repair Lives

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: 9/11, Impact, Documentary Film, Art and Activism, Oral History, Ptsd, Impact News, Jim Whitaker, First Responders, Grief, Imagine Entertainment, Rebirth, The Rebirth Project, Rebirth the Documentary, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Philip Glass, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

The documentary Rebirth begins with a sound familiar to New Yorkers. It's the audio theme for the "all news all the time" radio station 1010 WINS.

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'9/11 Pieta' Pairs Rescue Workers & Michelangelo Masterpiece

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 11.09.2011

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Artist Franco Castelluccio wanted to create a piece to commemorate the day that shook America to the core. Six months before the tenth anniversary of ...

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Jason Cherkis

Texas Firefighters Forced To Buy Their Own Gear

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In Texas, firefighters aren't just battling the wild fires raging around Austin and Houston. The state's first responders have also had ...

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Have We Forgotten Our Sept. 11th Heroes?

Jerrold S. Parker | Posted 02.07.2012

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Jerrold S. Parker

With each year that passes, more and more of those First Responders succumb to their illnesses and injuries sustained during the rescue and recovery efforts.

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WATCH: Did Rescue Attempt Crush And Kill Brooklyn Motorcyclist?

Posted 11.02.2011

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FDNY and NYPD first responders deny that a mishap during a rescue effort Thursday killed the young man they were trying to save. Karam Rampersaud,...

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Tom Ridge: Congress' Inaction For 9/11 First Responders 'A Bloody Outrage'

AOL Government | By Dan Verton | Posted 10.19.2011

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The nation's first Secretary of Homeland Security said Congress has "failed" America's first responders by not acting on legislation that would dedica...

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The First First Responders

Jeff Kass | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: First Responders, Emergency Radio, School Radio, Columbine, Interoperability, School Safety, Police Radio, Denver News
Jeff Kass

SB11-173, Interoperable Communications in Schools, is meant to promote communication between school staffers already on scene and first responders.

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Heroes: Who Are They?

Tim Jahnigen | Posted 06.04.2011

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Tim Jahnigen

It doesn't take superpowers to help change people's lives for the better. Sometimes it just takes a ball -- or a long-sleeved shirt.

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WATCH: Kirsten Gillibrand Praises The Daily Show

Posted 05.25.2011

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Kirsten Gillibrand visited The Daily Show last night to discuss the success of the 9/11 First Responders Bill. Jon Stewart opened by praising Gilli...

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A Presidential Rebound?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

So here's what we know: The president's job-approval rating is back up again, higher than it's been in months. And here's what we don't know: Why?

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The 9/11 Nihilism of GOP Senators

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cliff Schecter

Sometimes there are simply no words to describe the behavior of Mitch McConnell's band of merry misanthropes -- also known as much of the US Senate Re...

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Session Not as Lame as All That

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Barack Shellac hit the market to great fanfare in early November, the latest entry in the burgeoning Do-It-Yourself home-repair category. The early word: Here's a shellacking you won't find lacking. Our own findings: Don't be so sure.

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The Advocate

Posted 05.25.2011

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Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedia...

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Lame-Duck Session: Only a Few Carping Days Left

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

The meeting was gaveled to order. (But gently -- the poor dears were short of sleep.)

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Sen. Gillibrand Predicts Passage Of First Responders Bill

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — New York's two senators said Monday that the votes are there for Congress to approve a scaled-back bill providing extra benefits to...

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9/11 First Responders Bill Needs Just 1 Vote More

ABC News | MATTHEW JAFFE, JESSICA HOPPER and KEVIN DOLAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first responders still suffering health effects more than nine years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks could get a "Christmas miracle" this year, ...

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WATCH: 9/11 First Responders Made Their Case — In 2005

Posted 05.25.2011

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Almost a decade after 9/11 first responders dropped everything to help others, legislation to pay for treatment of the diseases and debilitating effec...

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WATCH: 9/11 First Responders Made Their Case — In 2005

Posted 05.25.2011

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Almost a decade after 9/11 first responders dropped everything to help others, legislation to pay for treatment of the diseases and debilitating effec...

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