Editorial Support – 2019
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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September 23, 2019 — NY Daily News — One last rescue: The House of Representatives does the right thing for 9/11 responders, and the Senate must follow suit
The House of Representatives has acted with bipartisan compassion in allowing all sick first responders whose bodies were damaged by their selfless service at the World Trade Center to get promised aid from the federally funded World Trade Center Health Program.
September 11, 2019 — Daily Press — Lawmakers must protect Sept. 11 first responders
Before the sun set on Sept. 11, 2001, this nation vowed to never allow the memories of that day’s terrorist attacks to dissipate from our collective conscious.
September 8, 2019 — NY Daily News — Another 9/11 rescue: Congress’ job is not done yet
In July, the Republican Senate, the Democratic House and President Trump nobly stood up for the financial needs of ailing heroes and victims of the World Trade Center attack.
July 30, 2019 — am NY — National compassion for 9/11 first responders
Each claim represents a story, a family and a reverberation from the attacks.
July 29, 2019 — NY Daily News — Help for the heroes: President Trump finishes the job for 9/11 heroes and victims
It is done: At 10:25 Monday morning in the Rose Garden, President Trump signed the bill, then handed the thick felt pen to tireless 9/11 advocate John Feal.
July 29, 2019 — NY Post — The 9/11 victims fund is finally fixed
Less than seven weeks after the dramatic June 11 testimony of since-departed NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez, President Trump on Monday signed the law ensuring that the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund will have all the cash it needs through 2092.
July 29, 2019 — NY Daily News — Roll of honor: Finally, full support for the heroes and victims of 9/11
At 10 this morning, Donald Trump will do, on behalf of the American people, what should have been done many years ago.
July 23, 2019 — NY Daily News — The Senate steps up: Now it only takes President Trump’s signature to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund permanently
The people of Kentucky and Utah should be proud that they have senators representing them in Washington who upheld the honor of their states.
July 22, 2019 — NY Daily News — Stand up for America: The Senate must support the heroes of 9/11
No, No, Yes. That is how 100 senators must vote Tuesday to keep open and fully finance the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund for the victims and heroes of the World Trade Center suffering horrendous health problems, and often dying, from exposure to the toxins at Ground Zero.
July 18, 2019 — NY Daily News — The last last chance: Mitch McConnell charges ahead for 9/11 victim compensation; Rand Paul and Mike Lee stand in the way
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been good to his word: Renewal of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund is set for a Tuesday vote.
July 17, 2019 — Buffalo News —Make the 9/11 fund permanent
It should go without saying, but it hasn’t: Those suffering physical and psychological effects from the 2001 terror attacks should have the support of a permanent September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
July 17, 2019 — NY Daily News —Mitch, sideline Rand: The majority leader must quiet his colleague from Kentucky and renew the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, like every state, has two senators in Washington.
July 13, 2019 — NY Daily News —Next stop, the Senate: Halfway there to make permanent the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Yesterday, we called for a unanimous House vote to provide financial support to the victims and heroes of the terrorist attacks on America.
June 30, 2019 — NY Daily News — A hero’s dying wish: Mitch McConnell must bring the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill to a Senate vote
In the ornate suite of offices of the Senate Republican leader overlooking the National Mall, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday received a delegation of World Trade Center first responders advocating for a renewal of the dwindling federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
June 25, 2019 — Newsday — Don’t make 9/11 victims beg for more help with health problems
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate should permanently authorize the compensation fund
June 21, 2019 — NY Daily News — Jon Stewart’s not joking: Mitch McConnell needs to move on the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Jon Stewart is coming through once more for World Trade Center heroes and victims.
June 17, 2019 — USA Today — It shouldn’t take Jon Stewart to rescue 9/11 first responders
Jon Stewart’s impassioned plea this past week to the House Judiciary Committee calling for permanent legislation to fund the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund surely touched hearts across America.
June 16, 2019 — Joplin Globe – Joplin, Missouri — Never forget the heroes of 9/11
50,000 survivors have been diagnosed with 9/11-related illnesses.
June 14, 2019 — Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum Idaho — 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund should be funded permanently
The nation pledged never to forget 9/11, but some memories seem to have gotten a bit hazy, especially when it comes to money….
June 13, 2019 — NY Post — Now it’s the Senate’s duty to move fast for hurting 9/11 heroes
Tuesday’s dramatic (and embarrassing, to the no-show members) testimony plainly did the trick: The House Judiciary Committee this week unanimously passed the bill to extend the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund through 2090.
June 11, 2019 — NY Post — Congress has a duty to help our ailing 9/11 heroes
Detective Luis Alvarez’s heart-wrenching words Tuesday ought to settle the question immediately: Congress has a clear and urgent duty to replenish the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund.
June 10, 2019 — CNN — Jon Stewart explains why he’s frustrated with Congress
Comedian and 9/11 first responders advocate Jon Stewart talks to CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux about his frustrations with Congress over funding health care for the first responders, saying this is a life-or-death issue for them.
June 10, 2019 — Times Herald-Record – Middletown, New York — Congress must keep promise to 9/11 responders
Eighteen years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, firefighters and cops and paramedics who responded to the unfolding tragedy sat Tuesday in a Congressional committee hearing, asking elected representatives to fund the Victims Compensation Fund.
May 29, 2019 — NY Daily News — Honor overdue: The 9/11 Memorial finally pays tribute to men and women sickened by the toxic air at Ground Zero
May 30, 2002, saw the Last Column reverently carried out from the World Trade Center site, marking the end of the recovery phase at Ground Zero.
May 18, 2019 — nj.com — He showed up on 9/11 to volunteer his help, and now he’s sick. We must help him, legislator says
Lt. Bill Ricci knows he will continue to have respiratory problems.
May 18, 2019 — NY Daily News — Standing for the heroes: Congress appears to be stepping up for those sickened by the toxic air after 9/11
When September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya saw the ever-growing numbers of people felled by illnesses caused by exposure to the toxic air at the World Trade Center, she had no choice but to reduce the monetary awards, especially with the fund due to expire next year.
May 17, 2019 — WRGB — Bill aimed at helping 9/11 first responders passes in Senate
A bill aimed at helping September 11th first responders has passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate.
May 17, 2019 — Newsday — Plaques for two fallen Nassau officers, victims of 9/11, join memorial
The two new bronze-cast plaques, which brings the number of police officers’ names on the memorial to 40, were unveiled Thursday at the department’s annual ceremony to honor its fallen.
May 10, 2019 — ABC — NYPD commissioner urges Congress to help officers, first responders still dying from 9/11
On Friday, May 10, the NYPD will add the names of 47 of our fallen heroes to the Police Memorial in the lobby of One Police Plaza, in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
April 30, 2019 — Wilson Times — Will Congress betray 9/11 first responders seeking medical care?
In 2001, a grieving nation vowed it would “never forget” the 9/11 hijackers’ brutality or the first responders’ indomitable courage.
April 15, 2019 — NY Daily News — 9/11’s scars, bipartisan stars: The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund must be made permanent
In 2015, a Republican House and a Republican Senate, working with a Democratic president, provided medical coverage and financial support to the heroes and victims of 9/11 who were sickened by poisons released into the downtown air when the World Trade Center, hit by terrorist-hijacked jets, collapsed into that ominous grey plume.
March 22, 2019 — Knight Crier – Lansdale PA — EDITORIAL: They gave their lives. Let’s give them healthcare.
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is running out of money.
March 19, 2019 — Herald-Standard – Uniontown PA — EDITORIAL: 9/11 compensation fund should be fully funded, supported
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, happened close to a generation ago, yet people are still dying as a result.
March 17, 2019 — Observer-Reporter – Washington, Pennsylvania — EDITORIAL: 9/11 compensation fund should be fully funded, supported
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, happened close to a generation ago, yet people are still dying as a result.
March 8, 2019 — northjersey.com — Editorial: Congress must act now to aid, protect our sick 9/11 heroes
Those who died on 9/11 we honor the right way — through memorials and annual services and tributes; we speak their names, we cry our tears.
March 1, 2019 — NY Daily News — Duty vs. dereliction: Tom Cotton does the right thing for 9/11 heroes; Mark Meadows gives voice to selfishness
As urgency builds to make permanent and fully fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, callow and courageous lawmakers are making their positions known.
February 28, 2019 — Post Star – Glens Falls, New York — Editorial: 9/11 first responders deserve our full support
Jon Stewart has been an advocate and truth-teller for the Sept. 11 first responders who are suffering from cancer and respiratory ailments from inhaling toxic dust at Ground Zero.
February 28, 2019 — NY Times — Give Sept. 11 Survivors the Help They Deserve
A fund to aid the thousands sickened from the toxic dust of the World Trade Center attack is running out of money.
February 25, 2019 — NY Daily News — An American duty: The bipartisan commitment to add money to the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and make it permanent must succeed
Cory Gardner was just out of law school in Colorado, 1,700 miles away, when terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center on 9/11.
February 23, 2019 — SILive — What’s mere money when 9/11 heroes gave their lives and their health? (commentary)
This is what we mean when we say “never forget.”
February 19, 2019 — Newsday — Don’t cut off 9/11 support
Responders and others deserve gov’t aid
February 16, 2019 — NY Daily News — 911 for the 9/11 fund: The federal victim compensation program is running out of money, putting thousands of heroes’ claims at risk
Under the law setting up the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya is required to carefully husband the $7.375 billion that Congress allocated for those sickened and killed by exposure to the toxic air at the World Trade Center site.
February 15, 2019 — NY Daily News — 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund forced to cut benefits as Congress dawdles
The September 11th Victims Compensation Fund is now short of money — a sad inevitability.