Pres. Trump is set to sign the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill into law this morning. The bill passed after Jon Stewart drew attention to it last month, imploring Congress to act in fiery remarks: 'They did their jobs...18 years later, do yours!'
John Feal, who has helped lead the effort to set up long-term funding for those sick with World Trade Center-related illnesses along with comedian Jon Stewart, told ABC News that he planned to attend with 40 other first responders, but that Stewart would not be in attendance due to a family obligation.
The fund was created to provide compensation to anyone who suffered physical harm or was killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes or the debris removal efforts that took place in the immediate aftermath of those attacks. Without reauthorization, the funding was set to run out in December 2020.
"They responded in five seconds," Stewart told lawmakers at a hearing on June 11."They did their jobs. With courage grace, tenacity, humility. Eighteen years later, do yours!"
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