Well hell, that sucks.
It's my understanding that there is a bill in congress that will extend the benefit period for responders for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Here's the link.
https://www.change.org/p/tell-congress-we-will-never-forget-9-11-first-responders-and-survivors
I urge everyone here to go there and sign the petition and do whatever you can to get our lawmakers to extend this.