Recent Blog Posts

Recently-released data from the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) reveals an exceptionally high rate of breast cancers in the 9/11 community compared with the general population. In women, the ratio can be as high as 87.04 to 1 compared to the general U.S. population, and in men the ratio is an astounding 92.30 to […]

This year on Thanksgiving, we have so much to be grateful for. We thank our first responders and all those who have served and protected our wonderful country. Especially on this holiday, we are honored to recognize the heroes. We are privileged to represent 9/11 responders and survivors, as well as families who have lost […]

On this Veterans Day, once again, we honor the men and women who have served our wonderful country. We recognize and thank those who protect our nation and whose sacrifices and service make us safe. This includes my father, who deployed to Europe during World War Two as a member of the 100th Infantry Division under […]

November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Anyone who worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11 has a higher risk of many serious respiratory illnesses and 69 different types of cancer, including stomach cancer. Barasch & McGarry represents more than 200 members of the 9/11 community who have been diagnosed with stomach cancer. […]

Michael O’Connell joined the FDNY on May 5, 2001, as a Probationary Firefighter assigned to Engine 273 / Ladder 129 in Flushing. Only four months later, he deployed to Lower Manhattan on the morning of September 11, immediately after the terrorist attack on World Trade Center. For several weeks, he never went home, rotating between […]

Today, October 19, 2024, would have been the 59th birthday of NYPD Detective Luis G. Alvarez, a 9/11 hero whose testimony persuaded Congress to establish permanent compensation benefits for 9/11 community members with cancer or respiratory illness and their families.  Detective Alvarez, who appeared before Congress with comedian and 9/11 advocate Jon Stewart, died only […]