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25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS CNN: Why There Will Be A New Moment Of Silence At This Year’s Ground Zero Ceremony A seventh moment of silence at the September 11 ceremony at Ground Zero will honor those lost to diseases and other health effects from 9/11. Many first responders and survivors say it's a validation they’ve long fought for. (Dominus, 9/10) https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/10/us/seventh-moment-of-silence-9-11?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_2hJNAHodLRNQj4cCL-_kYFNJ96If4oHxsvoXR1fCD_MilLHmVUTXAS7YDY2_wPY8sG57KhLWrI_sX_KH3hquXPLzNcw&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The Washington Post: Cancer’s Toll On 9/11 Survivors Is Accelerating 25 Years Later When Mariama James returned to her Lower Manhattan apartment on the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, it was covered in dust. She’d left the windows open that warm day, and the clouds of toxic material released when the twin towers collapsed had rushed in. “Everything was blanketed in white, like after a good snow,” James said. A few years later, James developed skin cancer. In 2013, James’s mother, Juanita, who was on her way to work in the financial district on the morning of the attacks and covered in the dust, was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. She died in 2023.(Wu and Hacker, 9/9) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/09/09/cancers-toll-911-survivors-is-accelerating-25-years-later/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6lzuslDyS8PfR8m1uUVgIzNVT2s8QehKvRP5QahDolF5Sqxz1YSofMl6ng9FMp8kuwaUQVzhPLyt7wWzh-u_jo3VlbA&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The New York Times: 9/11’s Dust And Ash Coated Their Childhood. Is It Still Making Them Ill? Much of the research on exposure to the World Trade Center residue has focused on emergency workers, but people there when they were young say their health is at risk, too. (Goldstein, 9/8) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/nyregion/9-11-children-health.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--PyY3TGZmkGirjHt-Tv-UzaYg-KDncnkgdFFdVXRjOWS72Uo-pDIluRS_oI0m1hjNDO3Zr9hZ-ESmGkfJrNQIY-78-yA&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email NBC News: Dementia Is Taking A Toll On Sept. 11 Responders. A Federal Health Program Doesn’t Cover It. When the World Trade Center Health Program was created in 2011, Stephen Stolarik was among the first to sign up. As a volunteer firefighter, he was at ground zero two days after the attacks, helping with recovery and cleanup efforts. Over the years, the federal program, which gives free healthcare to Sept. 11 responders and survivors, has covered his care for the post-traumatic stress disorder he developed, linked to his time there. (Lovelace Jr., Kopf and Llamas, 9/10) https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dementia-taking-toll-sept-11-responders-federal-health-program-doesnt-rcna596840?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--tA84L5LGIlcW5Y05_7pDvSXlJaWo2G9_kQrYQkVlHfQLQXet1xvTTKgWh7cnv1tiioQTrk1doz_DcHBdjbn7hqbIbuQ&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The New York Times: After Causing Delays For 9/11 Health Claims, Social Security Pledges To Do Its Job A federal fund for those who became sick or died after being exposed to toxic dust from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been stymied in recent months by the Social Security Administration, which has not turned over key data required to resolve claims, according to lawyers, advocates and officials involved in the work. The reason for the inaction is unclear. But since the start of President Trump’s second term, the administration has made sweeping cuts to the agency, leading to complaints from citizens that basic services are long-delayed or nonexistent. (Barrett, 9/8) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/9-11-fund-health-claims-social-security.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--7ki1mso1GWt6_eDamTHFy1eJ1VzWYdlAWLm2hbDswXtXQdej1ThKiCjK7bS-ero81ffqHaTleEHM4d7V8rMMzu3Kg4g&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The Washington Post: They Survived 9/11. Then They Devoted Their Lives To Helping Others. A group of friends who worked in finance at the World Trade Center changed their lives after the attacks, something psychologists call post-traumatic growth. (Penman, 9/9) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/09/08/little-known-tale-behind-one-only-planes-allowed-fly-after-911/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_s6fnBRsMVoLsuTyAPqj-yyEJx5rn6bj9qipqcxzTXLRejs9usua6luMSWJBJWQy2vF8hJPjRS-f6MrKTi2zTxi5VhWw&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The Washington Post: The Little-Known Tale Behind One Of The Only Planes Allowed To Fly After 9/11 A South Florida man was bitten by a deadly snake. The medicine he needed was in California. (Dennis, 9/8) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/09/08/little-known-tale-behind-one-only-planes-allowed-fly-after-911/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ONmSi3D6thsoyfN0x14O2w2zSYKkz0kdycOfonosnUdRDyU4DYygREADOwFTlqBTF_b1ykOOrYSUvMtdgTpmwGvCKig&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The New York Times: TSA May Allow Passengers With PreCheck To Bring Water Through Checkpoints T.S.A. PreCheck members may soon be able to bring larger bottles of water through security at select airports, in a major shift to longstanding rules. The T.S.A. restricted the amount of liquids passengers could carry on after a foiled plot to blow up planes over the Atlantic Ocean using liquids in drink bottles.(Castro-Root and Chung, 9/10) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/travel/tsa-airport-security-liquids-precheck.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8pRFl8hX5Znan8RX-fwAWX0BUBTVzvNqF84dXMAGFvJpFk5VCyemnfZs4Oe1Qm4-CZUQ78GTQz6IaAcV7ih8WfHwg12A&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email The Washington Post: TSA To Allow Gate Access Without Tickets At Some Airports The Transportation Security Administration said it was offering gate access to people without plane tickets as an “exclusive benefit” to “our most trusted travelers,” meaning PreCheck members and people with Known Traveler Numbers, which are issued to travelers approved for expedited security screening. Gate access was restricted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Walsh, 9/9) https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/09/09/25-years-after-911-tsa-is-bringing-back-gate-access-some-people-without-tickets/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9UQpfYXYQSPIf1erdk-nKE1Z8r-ZFblEwdAcEOL0mLAT_pbFIjOLKesQ27mEzOakmhTyOLr33xxYGX8zODn_AShQrxDA&_hsmi=438571313&utm_content=438571313&utm_source=hs_email