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Two men were injured at a construction site in Aurora this morning. They were excavating at the Verona Ridge subdivision at Indian Trail and Deerpath Road. The construction accident involved an excavator. An excavation bucket became dislodged, rolled over and crushed the chest of a 48 year-old worker around 1:30 p.m. The second worker suffered a minor shoulder injury, officials...

In order to treat 20,000 more patients for illnesses related to the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, the City of New York is opening two more clinics. It will cost the city $33 million to fund the new sites for the next five years. The Mayor of New York City is asking for more federal funding to help pay for those suffering from World Trade Center Illnesses. To coincide with the...

A man, 67, working on a natural gas pipeline was killed in a construction accident, Saturday, when he was thrown from the machine and it rolled over him.The accident occurred while the construction worker, of New Jersey, was working on the Millennium Pipeline in Harriman State Park, located approximately 30 miles north of New York City.Federal regulators approved the 182-mile pipeline, with a...

A crew working on a renovation for Borough Hall in Staten Island claim that they were exposed to asbestos. The workers included 6 inmates and 2 officers that were supervising. Now the officers have filed a notice of intent to sue the city for damages, and the inmates have expressed a desire to join the suit.The inmates were asked to tear up some carpet and floor tiles in a half-gutted office...

Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Mayor, announced the launch of the new World Trade Center Health Website. The website will house all health related issues stemming from the health of effects of 9/11 in one place. The new website will be utilized to bring together the latest scientific research and services, including where those suffering from adverse health affects can go for free medicine...

A survey found that workers who were located in the toxic rubble on September 11 were 12 times more likely than normal to have asthma. The study was released Monday, August 27, by the New York City Department of Health, which was based on responses gathered by the World Trade Center Health Registry.The data show 3.6 percent of the 25,000 rescue and recovery workers in the registry reported...

The 26-story Deutsche Bank building near the World Trade Center site caught on fire on August 18th. Two firefighters were killed trying to put the fire out. The building is currently unoccupied and being cleaned up of toxic substances before being demolished. The building was damaged on September 11th when the south tower of the World Trade Center fell on it. The Aug. 18 blaze at the...

Two fire fighters were injured in a construction accident at the former Deutsche Bank building when a piece of scaffolding collapsed, on Thursday.Work to demolish the building, located across the street from the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, had been stalled following a fire, Saturday, that claimed the lives of two firefighters. A small group of workers...

Police opened an investigation into a fire this week that killed two firefighters at the site of a ground zero skyscraper with a broken water supply system. According to media reports, both the New York State Attorney's office and the Manhattan District Attorney's Offices were investigating the matter.There was no functioning sprinkler system in the skyscraper that could have put out the fire...

In the six years following the World Trade Center Attacks, on September 11, 2001, the city's contention over world trade center illness has often times spotlighted police officers who stood guard at the site.Two cases that quickly come to mind are Detective James Zadroga whose family succeeded in convincing city officials that his death was linked to toxic dust from the site and Officer...

A black labrador retriever named Jake has lost his battle with cancer. Jake was a rescue dog that worked a Ground Zero to help find survivors of the World Trade Center attack. It is unknown if he was suffering from a World Trade Center illness. No one can say whether the dog would have gotten sick if he hadn't been exposed to the smoky air at Ground Zero, but cancer in dogs Jake's age -- he...

A construction worker on the site of the MGM-Mirage's City Center in Las Vegas was killed while working in an elevator shaft. The construction accident happened on Thursday around 6 o'clock. The man died on the scene. Construction came to a stop on the main hotel and casino portion of the CityCenter project after a fatal accident left many wondering what went wrong. One of their own was...

New York City Medical Examiner, on Tuesday, announced they had identified the remains of another victim among more than 1, 100 people who died at the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001, but whose bodies had not been recovered.The remains found at Ground Zero, in October, were identified as Edward Ryan, 52, of Scarsdale, New York.Vice president of Carr Futures Inc, Ryan, was amongst 68...

A new study was released by the Government Accountability Office showing that the goverment lacks clear and consistent programs to diagnose and treat people that have affected by World Trade Center Illness. There is also a wide range of cost estimates to implement a course of action. The agency overseeing 9/11 health issues, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, "does not...

It's been nearly six years since the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed following a terrorist attack into "Ground Zero" devastation. In that time, thousands have waited for compensation from a $1 billion FEMA fund ordered by Congress to compensate rescue workers first on the scene amid the toxic air.Now Worby Groner & Napoli Bern have filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking...