Washington, D.C. - The International Association of Fire Fighters and its two New York affiliates have started distributing the remaining proceeds from the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund they created on September 12. The $111 million raised by the non-profit fund is earmarked for the families of the 344 firefighters who were killed in the line of duty at the World Trade Center on September 11.
The 9-11 Fund directors-composed of the presidents and treasurers of the IAFF, Uniformed Fire Fighters Local 94, and Uniformed Fire Officers Local 854-voted this week to disperse checks for $278,703.56 to each of the families of FDNY firefighters and a fire patrolman killed in the tragedy.
This brings the total assistance provided to each of the families to $323,703.56, according to IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger, who serves as president of the 9-11 Fund board of directors. Any additional donations received by the 9-11 fund will be disbursed at a later date.
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