Editorial Support – 2025
Below are links to editorials in support of injured and ill 9/11 responders, survivors and their families getting the help they need and deserve.
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May 6, 2025 — NY Daily News — Betraying 9/11 survivors: WTC Health Program firings undercut promise to restore services
The promise of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore the steep cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program was a worthless lie, betraying the heroes and victims of 9/11.
May 2, 2025 — Newsday — Promises broken by Trump on health care for 9/11 responders
David Prezant, the director and chief medical officer of the FDNY’s WTC Health Program, reported that on Wednesday alone, he was unable to certify or authorize treatment for three patients — one of whom has life-threatening pancreatic cancer.
April 28, 2025 — NY Daily News — Ron Johnson’s warped 9/11 history: Crazy conspiracy theories should not be part of Senate hearing
We take this particular set of lies a bit personally.
April 14, 2025 — Long Island Press — Editorial: We owe Scott Strauss, other 9/11 heroes
The federal government should provide this needed care to people like Scott Strauss, who risked their lives trying to save those trapped amid the World Trade Center’s rubble.
April 8, 2025 — Newsday — White House must restore cuts to World Trade Center health program
Less than two months after the Trump administration first cut World Trade Center Health Program staffing, the survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks again are begging for the basic care they require and deserve.
April 2, 2025 — NY Daily News — WTC Health Program must be saved: Firing of leader Dr. John Howard and others must be reversed
Now there’s a health program for the 9/11 responders and survivors without any doctors and with no one in charge. Way to go RFK Jr.!
February 26, 2025 — NY Daily News — Never forget the WTC sick: Congress must finally fully fund their health care
Having protected the WTC Health Program from Musk’s chainsaw, much more must be done to fully fund this CDC program, which will soon be facing shortfalls.
February 20, 2025 — Newsday — Congress must fight cuts to WTC health program
The Trump administration’s broad employee cuts have slashed World Trade Center Health Program staffing by 20%.