President George W. Bush signs the Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers Benefit Act (PSOB) Act into law. The PSOB program provides $250,000 for the families of fire fighters, emergency response workers and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The legislation was introduced after it was discovered that 10 public safety officers who gave their lives on September 11 would not be eligible for death benefits because they did not have any surviving immediate family members. The bill is named in honor of FDNY Chaplain Mychal Judge who, while serving as a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, was the first certified fatality of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
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