Live Update from D.C.: 9/11 Responders Seek Zadroga Act Renewal

Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton is in Washington, D.C., attending a demonstration by 9/11 firefighters and police seeking extension of the Zadroga Act, which provides health care for those responders suffering deleterious effects of working at Ground Zero in the wake of the attacks.

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Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

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