• 9/11 Victim Programs
  • Victim Compensation Fund (VCF)
  • WTC Health Program (WTCHP)
  • Wrongful Death VCF Claims

Hansen & Rosasco, LLP

    9/11 Fast Facts

    The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shocked the nation and left many people seriously injured, both as a result of their presence at the Twin Towers and due to their involvement in rescue or cleanup efforts following the attacks themselves. Twenty years later, the nation continues to remember the attacks and those victims.

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    More Than 23,000 Cases in 20 Years: 9/11 Cancer Statistics

    As the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania approaches, more than 23,000 cases of cancer have been linked to toxic exposure at the attack sites. Additionally, the deaths of more than 1,500 people have been directly linked to these cancers.

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    20 Years After 9/11, Local Unions Continue to Provide Assistance

    In the hours, days, and weeks following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the memberships of dozens of union organizations in New York State and around the nation came forward to provide whatever assistance they could, including a lot of the clean-up efforts at Ground Zero.

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    Congress Scrambles to Address Funding WTC Health Program Shortfall

    As the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks dawns, Congress is working to ensure that there is adequate funding to keep the World Trade Center Health Program running in the face of a substantial funding gap. A newly proposed bill, however, would pump an additional $7.3 billion into the fund to keep the program operational for another 10 years, with an additional 5 percent annual increase after that.

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    Lawmakers Seek to Address WTC Health Program Funding Shortfalls

    Recently, it was announced that four lawmakers had introduced an act intended to address the funding shortfalls currently being experienced by the WTC Health Program. The 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act was introduced to the House by Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Andrew Garbarino, as well as to the Senate by Senator Kristin Gillibrand.

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    Lawmakers Urge Health Program to Decide on Uterine Cancer Coverage

    New Jersey Representative Mike Sherrill recently led a group of bipartisan congress members to draft a letter that was sent to the program administrator for the World Trade Center Health Program, urging him to hurry up and decide whether uterine cancer will be included in the list of covered conditions for the program. The letter followed the release of new scientific evidence that the chemicals present in the World Trade Center dust plume are commonly linked to the disease.

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    Who Should Complete the Online Private Physician Forms?

    Are you a 9/11 first responder, clean-up worker, or downtown resident, worker or student who is now suffering from illnesses related to toxic exposure at the attack site? Did you lose a loved one to a 9/11-related illness before they had a chance to obtain compensation and medical benefits for their illness?

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    Why‌ ‌Does‌ ‌the‌ ‌VCF‌ ‌Not‌ ‌Allow‌ ‌Amendments‌ ‌on‌ ‌Claims‌ ‌of‌ ‌Deceased?‌

    Overview of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Deceased Claims

    Sadly, many 9/11-health conditions cause the deaths of the individuals who suffer from them. The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund permits a “personal representative” of a victim who has died to apply for VCF benefits to be paid to the victim’s estate and distributed according to the victim’s will or under applicable intestacy laws if the victim died without a will. This is known as a deceased claim.

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    Health Safety Tips Following Exposure to 9/11 Dust

    On September 11, 2001, and in the months that followed, 500,000 people endured exposure to disaster in Lower Manhattan alone. This exposure included seeing the horrific loss of life, the collapse of one or both of the Towers, and seeing people running away from the dust plume in terror. The dust cloud enveloped more than half.

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