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Orio Joseph Palmer (March 2, 1956 – September 11, 2001) was a Battalion Chief of the New York City Fire Department who died while rescuing civilians trapped inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. [2] [3] [1] Palmer led the team of firefighters that reached the 78th floor of the South Tower, the floor where the plane had struck ...
Gail G. Shapiro. Gail Ina Greenberg Shapiro (January 11, 1947 – August 25, 2006) was an American pediatric allergist based in Seattle. She was a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Medicine. In 2001, she became the first democratically elected president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI).
Incarnation Children's Center. Coordinates: 40°50′36″N 73°56′12″W. Incarnation Children's Center (ICC) is a nursing facility for children living with HIV in New York City. From 1989 until 2000 the center operated as a foster care boarding home; since then it has concentrated on providing medical care. The ICC is a non-profit ...
The husband of a New York doctor has filed a lawsuit alleging she died of an allergic reaction at Disney World and accusing the Florida resort and a restaurant where she dined of negligence.
Libby Zion Law. New York State Department of Health Code, Section 405, also known as the Libby Zion Law, is a regulation that limits the amount of resident physicians ' work in New York State hospitals to roughly 80 hours per week. [1] The law was named after Libby Zion, the daughter of author Sidney Zion, who died in 1984 at the age of 18.
Rory Staunton (13 May 1999 – 1 April 2012) was a young boy from Queens, New York, whose death from sepsis created a nationwide movement to address the issue of early recognition of sepsis and its treatment. Both Jim Dwyer, columnist from The New York Times, and Op Ed columnist Maureen Dowd wrote about Staunton's death and the medical errors ...
Most of those who perished were civilians except for 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and 71 law enforcement officers who died in the World Trade Center and on the ground in New York City; a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer who died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania; 55 ...
Dr. Fumiko Chino, a radiation oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, is deeply familiar with the high cost of cancer care. In 2007, her husband, Andrew, died from a ...
John Kahionhes Fadden (December 26, 1938 – August 12, 2022) [1] was a Native American Mohawk artist and educator whose artworks appeared in over 90 publications, including books, films, and periodicals. His work depicts Haudenosaunee culture and history, as well as the natural beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, where he made his home. [1]
12 firefighters. The 23rd Street Fire was an incident that took place in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on October 17, 1966. A group of firefighters from the New York City Fire Department responding to a fire at 7 East 22nd Street entered a building at 6 East 23rd Street as part of an effort to fight the fire.