OPINION
Fulfi lling our promise to ‘Never Forget’
husband Candidus Henry less than a month earlier
to glioblastoma, a rare brain cancer, connected to his
time working on the pile at Ground Zero.
She told us and the American people about
Candidus, and the hole he left behind – a hole only
made larger by the fact that, because her husband died
in May instead of two years ago, she and her family
will not receive a full award from the September 11th
Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) because the fund
is currently facing a budget shortfall.
The Special Master of the Fund announced in
February that, because of lack of funding, it was
forced to start cutting awards by 50 to 70 percent
to extend the fund’s life. The Henrys are one of the
families devastated by this reduction.
But we will fi x that by passing this bill.
Not only does the Never Forget the Heroes fully
fund and make permanent the VCF for the future,
but it also directs the Special Master to revisit all
the reduced awards paid out to the 9/11 community
because of the budget shortfall and make these
families whole.
After 9/11, we vowed to Never Forget and with
that, we made a commitment to make sure every
9/11 fi rst responder and survivor, and their families,
never have to go without the support they need or
deserve. It is the very least we can do as a grateful
nation.
Congresswoman Maloney represents New York’s
12th Congressional District spanning parts of Queens
and Manhattan.
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COURIER LIFE, J PS ULY 12-18, 2019 27
Last week, we lost an incredible New Yorker – an
American hero – NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez.
I vowed that we would fi nish his last mission – to
take care of the 9/11 community.
On July 11, the House is scheduled to fi nally vote
to fully fund and make permanent the September
11th Victim Compensation Fund to take care of every
fi rst responder, construction worker, volunteer, and
survivor who is now sick and the spouses left alone
and the children left without parents because of
illnesses caused by 9/11.
In honor of NYPD Detective James Zadroga,
the fi rst person to die from 9/11 illness; FDNY
Firefi ghter Ray Pfeifer and NYPD Detetive Luis
Alvarez, who dedicated their last breaths to fi ghting
for the 9/11 community; and for all the heroes who
are still dealing with the effects of 9/11 each and
every day, we will get this done and send this bill to
the president’s desk.
We have a double moral obligation to these
heroic men and women. Not only were they there
for us in one of our nation’s darkest hours, but our
government told all those who worked on the pile
and lived, worked, and went to school near Ground
Zero that the air was safe to breathe, and water was
safe to drink when it wasn’t. They are sick because
of us.
Last month, Congress heard from Anesta St.
Rose Henry as she testifi ed in front of the House
Committee on the Judiciary, sitting in front of two of
her children that she is now raising alone. She lost her
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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
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