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Forty of the 42 officers died of illnesses contracted from exposure to toxic chemicals at Ground Zero after 9/11.

Runners by the thousands took part in the 23rd annual Tunnel to Towers race on a rainy day in lower Manhattan.

In the aftermath of the attacks, officials said the air was safe. The federal government has admitted it was wrong, but less is known about what the city knew.

Victims' families, police, firefighters, medics and other first responders from Long Island and across the region once again gathered to honor those lost.

Memorials around the world mark the 9/11 attacks but each anniverary brings global attention to New York City.

The FDNY honored added the names of 32 firefighters who have died of 9/11-related illnesses to its memorial wall in a ceremony Wednesday. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

The bill was introduced in March 2023 and remains waiting to be heard by the House Oversight Committee.

The FDNY added 32 names to a memorial wall of city firefighters, paramedics and other department members who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

A lawsuit by 9/11 Health Watch seeks information about what city leaders knew about Ground Zero toxins and when they knew it.

But the fund's special master, Allison Turkel, wrote in the fund's annual report that she is concerned there are still claimants who are entitled to compensation.

New DNA technology was used to identify John Ballantine Niven, of Oyster Bay. The remains of 1,103 victims remain unidentified.

Delendick died of pancreatic cancer related to his time at the World Trade Center pile.

Alice Yu, who at age 47 is running her first marathon, is among 50,000 participants joining the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday.

A retired FDNY firefighter's death Saturday marked the department's 343rd related to work at and around Ground Zero, the same number of department personnel to die on 9/11.

The Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk participants on Sunday included Erika Oelkers, 48, whose husband died in 2021 from 9/11-related cancer.

With two deaths last week, the fire department has lost the same number of members from 9/11 illness as on the day of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center 22 years ago, the FDNY said.

Families gathered Monday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan, the place which many consider to be the final resting place of their lost loved ones.

Newsday spoke with three men from the FDNY featured in the new book "They Saved New York." One was 18 when his father, a Port Authority police officer, was killed on Sept. 11. He later joined the fire department. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

For some of the younger victims, like 23-year-old Andrew Stergiopoulos of Great Neck, almost as much time has passed since they were killed in the attacks as they had lived.

"This is going to help the families get the closure they are seeking," said Nesconset resident John Feal, head of a nonprofit for first responders.

Retired Chief of Department Thomas Richardson, firefighter Christopher Howard and retired Capt. Paul Heglund are featured in a new book.