March 27, 2020 By THOMAS TRACY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS An FDNY medical worker wears personal protective equipment outside a COVID-19 testing site at Elmhurst Hospital Center on March 25 in New York.(John Minchillo/AP) New York City’s 911 dispatchers are handling a “record high” volume of calls as FDNY emergency medical technicians and paramedics, along with […]
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‘This is not a joke’: 9/11 responder fighting coronavirus urges people to listen to the experts
‘This is not a joke’: 9/11 responder fighting coronavirus urges people to listen to the experts
Trump meets with Long Island family of brothers who fell on 9/11
Trump meets with Long Island family of brothers who fell on 9/11
Inside the Holy Grail of 9/11 documents
April 9, 2014 A few months ago, after nearly a decade of contentious litigation and with many conspiracy theories spawned, the Pentagon released the Holy Grail of Sept. 11th, 2001, documents: transcripts from the emergency conference calls initiated by the National Military Command Center. For years, the government insisted that the entire conference was classified […]
Real-Life Heroes of September 11, 2001
Many put their own lives on the line to save others during and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The 9/11 attacks resulted in thousands of deaths and unspeakable devastation. But among the people affected were several who demonstrated real-life heroism. Here are a few groups and individuals whose bravery and commitment to helping others was evident on […]
FIRST CHIEF ON THE SCENE
09/01/2002 JOSEPH PFEIFER On the morning of Septem- ber 11, I responded to a call for an odor of gas in the street at West Bernard and Church streets, about 12 blocks from the incident. A plane flew overhead—that was very unusual for Manhattan—and passed to our west toward the World Trade Center, aimed straight […]
Tobay Beach Park unveils new Wall of Honor ahead of Sept. 11
Posted: Sep 06, 2019 7:15 AM EDTUpdated: Sep 06, 2019 7:15 AM EDT A new 9/11 memorial has just been unveiled at Tobay Beach, just days before the anniversary. The Wall of Honor remembers those with a connection to the town who lost their lives to 9/11-related cancer and illnesses. The memorial also features a steel beam […]
Trump signs extension to 9/11 victims fund bill
Trump signs extension to 9/11 victims fund bill
Cancer follows a Cape Coral man 18-years after his 9/11 heroism
9/11 first responder who fought for fund dies.
The Inside Story of How a 9/11 First Responder Pounded McConnell Into Action
Michael McAuliff Chuck Schumer credits Jon Stewart as a key strategist behind the push for a permanent 9/11 fund. But if you ask Stewart, the driving force was a construction worker from Nesconset, Long Island, who called Mitch McConnell an asshole on television—and got him to go along anyway. The man is John Feal, who had his foot […]