The families of fallen or severely disabled first-responders often wait a year or more for a special Federal benefit, and members of the New York Congressional delegation have signed on to speed things up.
Since 1976, the families of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers have been granted a Public Safety Officers’ Benefit. To qualify, the responder must have been killed by a traumatic injury in the line of duty, or from a heart attack or stroke occurring within 24 hours of a serious non-routine stressful event.
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