September 11 Digital Archive

1199 Service Employees International Union Collection

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1199 Service Employees International Union Collection

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Representing more than 220,000 workers, 1199SEIU is the largest union of healthcare employees in New York State. Members of 1199 were among those involved in the earliest relief efforts following the attack. This collection includes articles and photos published in the October, November and December, 2001 and April, 2002 issues of the1199 News. All articles were written by staff writer Patricia Kenney and editor J.J. Johnson. It also includes additional photographs contributed by 1199 News photographers Jim Tynan and Belinda Gallegos.

Items in the 1199 Service Employees International Union Collection Collection

[html document, 1199SEIU News, November 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=4375] St. Johns Hospital paramedics James Dobson and Marvin Bethea spent September 11 bringing people to safety from the streets surrounding Ground Zero, and…

[html document, 1199SEIU News, December 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=4645] The widow and children of firefighter Shawn Edward Powell, Jean Powell, is a Certified Nursing Assistant and 1199 member. She recounts her struggle to…

More photos from 1999SEIU News As the WTC attacks unfolded and in the minutes and hours that followed, 1199 News photographer Jim Tynan covered the scene outside St. Vincent's Hospital. He has donated the photographs below to the archive.

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[html document, 1199SEIU News, October 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=3964] The scene at NYU Downtown Hospital in the first hours of the WTC disaster.

[html document, 1199SEIU News, October 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=3965] Profiles the experiences of 1199 members who were among the first to respond to the WTC disaster from their posts at St. Vincents Hospital and NYU Downtown…

[html document, Dennis Rivera, President, 1199SEIU News, November, 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=4373] The President of 1199/SEIU recounts the funeral of 1199 member Kathy Nguyen who was killed by anthrax spores of unknown origin,…

[html document, Dennis Rivera, President, 1199SEIU News, October, 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=3968] Comments from the President of the New York 1199/SEIU union on the meaning of the tragedy for 1199 workers.

[html document, 1199SEIU News, November 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=4376] Co-workers of Cabrini EMT Marc Sullins, missing in the WTC disaster, recount his last day.

[html document, 1199SEIU News, April, 2002, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=5398] Follow-up with two 1199 members, Bill Amaniera, a St. Vincents Hospital EMT and Juana Lomi, a NYU Downtown Hospital paramedic, who helped rescue people at…

[html document, 1199SEIU News, October 2001, www.1199seiu.org/articles/article.cfm?ID=3966] One 1199 Emergency Medical Technician, David Marc Sullins, and 64 SEIU members, are listed among dead and missing from the WTC disaster.

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