Inside the Continued Fight to Keep a Federal 9/11 Health Program Running

Inside the continued fight to keep a federal 9/11 health program running

First responders and other survivors of 9/11 are continuing their fight for the future of a federal health program that's saved thousands of lives."9/11 didn't end on 9/11," Michael Barasch, a top New York attorney representing first responders and civilians like himself who returned to ground zero within weeks of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, told Scripps News Group. "Because so many people continue to get cancer. They've now linked…

CT 9/11 first responders, victims' advocates weigh in on federal priorities

Guy Bocicaut of Norwalk remembers racing to lower Manhattan a day after the 9/11 attacks, along with other volunteers from the Salvation Army. Bocicaut remembers seeing the utter devastation of the attacks, and helped distribute body bags. He also remembers seeing a fog, but he later found out it was something else. “A lot of people who were there day in and day out for several days, might have been affected health-wise by the dust, all the carc…