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“It was just absolute chaos. For all of us on the FDNY.” Retired New York firefighter Chris Walsh recalls what he felt on Sept. 11, 2001. “We lost 343 firefighters that day and we all wanted to go do something to help.” Walsh is just one of the many firefighters who was working on 9/11. The events of that day…

Twenty years after 9/11, three LAFD firefighters recall their experiences on the ground in New York City just days after the Twin Towers fell.

Dr. Audrey Sue Cruz is a Las Vegas physician, wellness advocate, lifestyle blogger and now a Barbie doll. Toy company Mattel chose her as a role model for one of six new Barbies honoring women the company identified as heroes of the coronavirus pandemic.

The medal is the highest honor Congress can bestow.

Firefighters and EMTs from across Santa Clara County rolled up their sleeves to receive their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Thursday at the county fairgrounds in San Jose. Kris Sanchez reports.

Marin County isn’t just vaccinating its healthcare workers, it has also begun inoculating hundreds of first responders, including police and firefighters.

Marin County isn’t just vaccinating healthcare workers, they’ve now begun inoculating hundreds of first responders, including firefighters and law enforcement officers. Jodi Hernandez reports.

East Bay paramedics and firefighters got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Saint Rose Hospital in Hayward Friday.

Paramedics and firefighters got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the East Bay. Melissa Colorado reports.

Starbucks is giving thanks to first responders and health care workers on the front lines of the fight against the spread of COVID-19 with a free cup of coffee.

And as New York and the nation Friday marked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks while in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the ranks of the nearly 200,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 have been filled by dozens of heroes like these who risked their lives to save others when the twin towers fell.

Nurses on the front lines of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic are calling for the state to enact minimum staffing standards ahead of another wave of infections

As the first wave of coronavirus cases peaked in the Northeast U.S. this spring, eight healthcare workers from New York City and across the country shared their intimate experiences fighting the virus — through exhaustion, grief and fear.

Estuary and its sister bakery, Ebb & Flow, have funded the meals, in part, through a GoFundMe campaign.

Amber Pfister talks to the co-founder of Byte, an invisible braces company that started making face guards for first responders in the Covid-19 crisis.

Some hospitals are opening food pantries or makeshift grocery stores inside their facilities to help staff who don’t have time, don’t want to or can’t afford to go to a grocery store during the coronavirus pandemic.

A small South Bay community delivered a big thank you to first responders by holding a parade Sunday night. Marianne Favro reports.

A small South Bay community delivered a big thank you to first responders by holding a parade Sunday night.

First responders on Friday morning continued honoring health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at multiple South Bay hospitals. Kris Sanchez reports.

First responders on Friday morning continued honoring health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at multiple South Bay hospitals. Kris Sanchez reports.