HHS Makes $140 Million in Emergency Funds Available to Health CareOrganizations That Suffered Losses From September 11 Attacks

April 15, 2002 HHS Makes $140 Million in Emergency Funds Available to Health Care Organizations That Suffered Losses From September 11 Attacks April 1, 2002, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced the availability of $140 million in grants for health-related costs incurred by organizations from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “The terrorists struck New York and Washington and the plane downed in Pennsylvania, but their target was America,” Secretary Thompson said. “Organizations that suffered losses as a result of an attack on us all deserve to be made whole.” The emergency grants are intended to provide relief to health . . .