Sick 9/11 heroes desperately turn to online fundraisers

A troubling number of 9/11 heroes who are battling cancers and other illnesses contracted from the terror attack are also battling the public victim’s funds for their due compensation — and are even having to turn to GoFundMe for help, The Post has learned.

Volunteer firefighter David Bliss and FDNY EMS captain Bruce Hydock are desperately trying to supplement the cost of healthcare as they suffer through terminal diseases — which they claim the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund (VCF) and disability pension have refused to acknowledge.

“I remember distinctly banners going up: ‘We will never forget.’ Never forget, we’ll — I can’t tell,” David Bliss, a former volunteer firefighter from Ohio, told The Post. 4

Bliss, 61, was one of many out-of-state firefighters who arrived at Ground Zer