💖 Please Subscribe: ✍ Thousands of sick people or family members of those who died of 9/11-related illnesses and missed the deadline to qualify for aid from the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund will get extra time to reapply, it was announced Wednesday. Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya revealed that those affected by the terror attack will have through July 29, 2021. The policy change is part of the new “Never Forget the Heroes Act” approved by President Trump and Congress last July that makes the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund permanent through 2090. The action was taken after gaunt cancer-stricken retired cop Luis Alvarez, accompanied by comedian-activist Jon Stewart, gave gut-wrenching testimony in D.C. urging lawmakers to extend VCF. He died weeks later. First responders or people who worked or lived near Ground Zero are supposed to apply for financial assistance within two years of medical diagnosis or the death of a family member. But thousands of victims didn’t know about the fund and miss ...
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