July 29th An Important Deadline To Sign Up For 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

CBS New York

July 23, 2021

An important deadline is fast approaching for some people to register for victims’ compensation from the 9/11 attacks, and it’s not just for first responders.

As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff explains, Court Cousins counts himself among the more fortunate. He survived 9/11. But 20 years later, he is paying for his decision to run to help from his volunteer firehouse to the smoldering ruins.

“We were all working in a dust-filled environment. We didn’t appreciate at the time the toxic nature of the dust. Nobody hesitated to do their job, whether it was a civilian or a first responder,” Cousins said.

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