As survivors and relatives of Sept. 11 victims marked the 14th anniversary of the attacks, concern grew that health care funding may soon run out to help victims.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act is in jeopardy again. The act helps cover medical costs for victims and responders such as White Plains Police Department Commissioner David Chong.

"I remember it like yesterday," says Chong, who was an NYPD detective lieutenant when he rushed into one of the towers to help save lives after the terrorist attacks. He ended up having to be rescued himself.

"I was helping people down, and I was in the lobby when the lobby imploded," he says. The impact threw him outside of the building, trapping him underneath two pillars and a vehicle. An EMS crew saw his arm waving from under rubble.

Chong now takes multiple medications a day.

According to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), more than 33,000 survivors have illnesses attributed to the attacks. She and other lawmakers are calling, in a bipartisan effort, for the permanent extension of the Zadroga Act.

"It is absolutely a no-brainer that the bill should be extended," says Chong. "There are people every day coming up with diseases."

On Wednesday, about 100 Sept. 11 first responders and comic Jon Stewart will join Gillibrand to lobby lawmakers in Washington to continue funding the act.