The Coachella Valley Disaster Preparedness Network is now offering free seminars to help attendees create personalized disaster plans for their communities.
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(CNS) – The remains of one of two Riverside County servicemen killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan will be returned home Friday, with plans for a “Fallen Hero Procession” to salute him, a day ahead of his funeral in Riverside. U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Grant Nikoui, 20, of Norco died Aug. 26 in […]
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(CNS) – A confidant of an Islamic terrorist who joined his wife to perpetrate mass murder at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino nearly five years ago was sentenced Friday in Riverside to 20 years in federal prison for acquiring the weapons used in the attack. Enrique Marquez Jr., 28, pleaded guilty in February […]
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(CNN) — A New York City firefighter who helped recover his brother’s body after 9/11 died on Saturday from pancreatic cancer caused by his rescue efforts at Ground Zero. Daniel Foley joined the Fire Department of New York in 1998, FDNY spokesperson Jim Long told CNN. On September 11, 2001, Foley watched his older brother, […]
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It’s been 18 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the day that never ends. Events in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania — each of which saw destruction and disaster that day — will be held on Wednesday to remember the victims and first responders. Nearly 3,000 people died when hijackers took control of four […]
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Exposure to the enormous cloud of toxins, dust and debris that resulted from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease among first-responder firefighters, according to a new study. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open on Friday, found that both immediate […]
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he doesn’t know why comedian Jon Stewart got “all bent out of shape” over funding for 9/11 first responders, and insisted “we will take care of” them. The Kentucky Republican, who’s been accused over the years of slow-walking related legislation to help the emergency personnel who responded to the 2001 terrorist […]
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Comedian Jon Stewart is scolding Congress for failing to ensure that a victims’ compensation fund set up after the 9/11 attacks never runs out of money. Stewart, a longtime advocate for 9/11 responders, angrily called out lawmakers for failing to attend Tuesday’s hearing on a bill that would ensure the fund can pay benefits for […]