About 1,670 Connecticut residents are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program, according to the CDC.

Twenty years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, survivors and first responders continue to deal with physical and mental health problems.

Vernon's annual 9/11 memorial ceremony this year will feature a direct link to a survivor: a sapling from a pear tree found buried under the World Trade Center rubble and nursed back to health. The ...