9/11 News Items (10/27/25)
Arnold Korotkin
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Below are summaries with URLs to news articles on the effort to ensure that the World Trade Center Health Program is fully funded. An archive of past articles year by year can by found on the Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Inc. website here.
October 22, 2025 — World Trade Center Health Program — Annual Member Newsletter Released
The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program’s Annual Member Newsletter is now available online. A print version will be arriving to member mailboxes soon.
October 21, 2025 — Washington Technology — General Dynamics awarded $309M WTC health program support contract
General Dynamics’ IT services unit has won a potential 10-year, $308.7 million contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention run a medical benefits program that supports people affected by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
October 19, 2025 — Newsday — Breast cancer diagnosis in Long Island man who worked at Ground Zero leads him to share story
Dominic D’Amico was washing his hands in his Smithtown office when he looked in the mirror and noticed he was bleeding through his shirt from his chest.
October 18, 2025 — New York Times — Manuel Trujillo, Who Helped New Yorkers Heal After 9/11, Dies at 80
As Bellevue Hospital’s director of psychiatry, he guided rescue workers and grieving families through trauma when terrorists attacked in 2001.
October 18, 2025 — NY Daily News — FDNY firefighters who died of 9/11 illness to be honored on national memorial wall
The names of more than 170 FDNY firefighters who died from 9/11 illnesses will soon be added to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Memorial in Maryland, so that the ultimate sacrifice they made — from their efforts in the days and weeks after the terror attack — won’t be forgotten, officials said.
October 17, 2025 — HealthDay News — World Trade Center Toxic Exposure Tied to Higher Risk for Lung Cancer
Sean A.P. Clouston, Ph.D., from Stony Brook University in New York, and colleagues examined the association between occupational exposures while working at the WTC disaster sites and the incidence of lung cancer more than a decade later.
October 17, 2025 — SILive.com — Thousands expected on Staten Island for national ceremony honoring 176 FDNY members lost to post-9/11 illnesses
A solemn memorial tribute will be held on Staten Island Saturday to honor 176 FDNY members lost to post-9/11 illnesses, adding their names to a plaque that will become part of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
October 15, 2025 — HealthDay News — 9/11 WTC Responders Have Threefold Higher Risk Of Lung Cancer
The toxic dust and fumes that lingered over Ground Zero likely boosted lung cancer rates among rescue workers, researchers reported this month in JAMA Network Open.
October 15, 2025 — Spectrum News 1 — State Police honors fallen trooper who served at Ground Zero
On Wednesday, New York state troopers gathered to pay respects to Mark Ondus’ family and honor his dedication.
October 14, 2025 — World Trade Center Health Program — World Trade Center Health Program Research: Newly Funded Projects
The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program is pleased to announce the following 16 projects were awarded funding under the 2025 cycle.
October 10, 2025 — The Observer — Retired trooper succumbs to illness from 9/11 attacks
Mark A. Ondus, 56, passed away Thursday from an illness stemming from his assignment in and around the World Trade Center site following the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
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