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‘I thought it would be an easy push’: 9/11 first responders, sick from Ground Zero, are still fighting for federal support 25 years later

Several first responders from 9/11 are still fighting on Capitol Hill to ensure funding for a program that covers the costs of cancers and other illnesses tied to the toxins at Ground Zero, they told Heartlander News. Twenty-five years ago, 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four planes and murdered nearly 3,000 Americans. Since then, exposure to the toxins at Ground […]