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Everybody was there doing something
There were an estimated 100,000 first responders in the area affected by the toxins through May 2002, and an estimated 400,000 workers, students and residents were also in the exposure zone, most of whom have not registered with the fund, according to Barasch & McGarry.
Restaurant workers could also be among the most at risk of missing out and not registering by July.
Drew Nieporent, a New York restaurateur, was in the exposure zone within a couple days of 9/11 helping to feed first responders. He said there was little worry that the air was toxic despite the dust and smell.
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On Long Island, a Nassau County park has been renamed in honor of former NYPD detective and 9/11 first responder, Luis Alvarez.
Alvarez, a Long Island native, gained national attention as he fought alongside comedian Jon Stewart to extend the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund.
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran had introduced the bill to rename the park in Alvarez’s honor shortly after he died in 2019 from cancer caused by toxins at Ground Zero.
“It means so much that we re able to dedicate this park, this little patch of green less than a mile from his home, to a fallen American hero whose altruism ranged from his bravery on the job during 9/11, and of course, to his dying day,” Curran said.