'Feels like yesterday': 9/11 victim's daughter says families still fighting for justice 25 years later

DALLAS - Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks , Angela Mistrulli said, "It feels like forever, but it also feels like yesterday." Mistrulli, whose father was killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, is the founder of American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism (AVSSTU), which represents victims and families impacted by terrorist attacks.

She spoke with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the Republican midterm convention, where she and other 9/11 family members, Gold Star families, and families of civilian victims were pressing to meet with political leaders on an urgent mission as the clock ticked towards a critical deadline.

BROOKLYN TEACHERS WHO WITNESSED 9/11 AS CHILDREN REVEAL WHAT THEY WANT THE NEXT GENERATION TO REMEMBER "Congress created the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST Fund).

It was supposed to be a place for all victims to be able to go and receive some sort of relief.

It was a lifeline to over 22,000 victims," Mistrulli explained.

"Unfortunately, that fund has run dry, and September 30th is the fiscal deadline for Congress to act in order for victims to receive relief." Established in 2015, the USVSST Fund has provided over $10 billion to victims harmed by international state-sponsored terrorism, including personal representatives for those who lost their lives from acts of terrorism such as the 9/11 attacks .

Mistrulli emphasized that 25 years after the 9/11 attacks , "We are still fighting for justice, transparency, recognition, and relief that Congress promised us." "We're here not only to memorialize the 25th anniversary of 9/11, but also to try to get some face time with these leaders and these higher ups to be able to discuss this urgent and critical topic," she added.

9/11 MUSEUM UNVEILS EXHIBITION FOR GENERATION TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THE ATTACKS: 'CALLED EVERYBODY TO LEAD' With the fiscal-year cutoff approaching Sept.

30 , Congress would need to authorize additional funding for victims holding unpaid terrorism judgments to be paid.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from New York introduced a bill in July that would require the U.S.

Department of the Treasury to loan $3 billion annually to the fund for fiscal years 2027, 2028 and 2029.

The bill, H.R.

9795, was named after Mistrulli’s father — the Never Forget the Victims of Terrorism: Joseph D.

Mistrulli and Alan Kleinberg USVSST Fund Solvency Act.