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

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    Victim Impact Statements: How Can You Maximize Your Claim?

    The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) doesn’t only provide compensation for wage loss suffered by those who incurred a 9/11-related illness as a result of their exposure to the toxins at the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack sites. It also provides compensation for the severity of a 9/11 illness and the  impact that the illness has had on their lives. To claim this compensation – known as pain-and-suffering damages – many claimants opt to provide a victim impact statement along with their claim.

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    The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Explained

    The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Explained: “Less than 24 hours from now, I will start my 69th round of chemotherapy,” said retired NYPD bomb squad Detective and 9/11 responder Luis Alvarez, at a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in 2019. “I should not be here with you, but you made me come. You made me come because I will not stand by and watch as my friends with cancer from 9/11, like me, are valued less than anyone else is, because of when they get sick or die.”

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    What Is the Nationwide Health Program Network?

    The World Trade Center Health Program-also known as WTC Health Program or WTCHP – also created several Clinical Centers of Excellence to serve responders and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center who live in New York City. However, the 9/11 Ground Zero responders and survivors enrolled in the program live in every state in the nation. Many survivors and responders also live abroad. Does this mean all of those individuals must travel to New York City to obtain medical care and monitoring? This post answers the question What Is the Nationwide Health Program Network?

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    Health Effects From Exposure To 9/11 Dust

    Nearly 3,000 people died in the terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, PA, on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, many more survivors and first responders died in the two decades since 9/11, and others are just now contracting serious, life-altering medical conditions from the toxic exposure. Below learn about the Health Effects From Exposure To 9/11 Dust.

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    Can I Recoup Medical Expenses That I Paid Because of My 9/11-Related Condition?

    You may already know that the WTC Health Program provides cost-free medical care and monitoring services to eligible members of the WTC Health Program. You probably also already know that you can receive compensation for the expenses and impacts of your illness, such as lost earnings. However, what you might not know is that you can even pursue compensation for the past expenses that you incurred as a result of your 9/11-related medical condition before you obtained certification of that condition.

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    Workers Who Survived 9/11 Near Ground Zero Now Battle For Their Lives

    Workers Who Survived 9/11 Near Ground Zero Now Battle For Their Lives. On September 11, 2001, Chris was walking to his job on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when he heard a plane flying too close to the Manhattan skyline. The next thing he knew, he saw smoke barreling through the street. He found himself in a suit and tie, covered in soot, jumping along with 10 of his coworkers into a boat that his wife navigated from their home in Brooklyn to the South Street Seaport.

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    Deaths That Have Happened Since 9/11

    On September 11, 2001, terrorists killed nearly three thousand people in the deadliest attack in U.S. history, when commercial airplanes full of passengers collided into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon. Here are the Deaths That Have Happened Since 9/11. All of the passengers aboard a third commercial airline perished when the plane crashed into the ground at Shanksville, PA.

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