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18 years after 9/11, thousands of first responders still struggle with health issues

  

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Via:  tig  •  5 years ago  •  25 comments

18 years after 9/11, thousands of first responders still struggle with health issues
You made me come down here the day before my 69th round of chemo.

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Nearly two decades after the September 11th attacks, some 33,000 first responders continue to struggle with illnesses and injuries related to their exposure to the toxic rubble. Lester Holt speaks to retired NYPD detective Dennis Murphy, who says he is “living on borrowed time,” and the brother of Luis Alvarez, who fought for funding for the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund.



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TᵢG
Professor Principal
1  seeder  TᵢG    5 years ago

It lingers ...

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
1.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  TᵢG @1    5 years ago

I have known too many who have died from it and many more who live with it. It's awful. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
1.1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @1.1    5 years ago

I heard a report about a school that was close to the towers. Students at that school have a very high rate of cancer

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
1.1.3  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  XDm9mm @1.1.2    5 years ago

Your nephew is a hero in his own right.  By sheltering his students from the horror he was witnessing, he spared them the emotional scars it could have caused.

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
2  igknorantzrulz    5 years ago

All while a 'comedian' , that many on the right would have you believe, is a perposterous being to obtain information from, has become, basically a leading Army by,for, and of one, 

fighting for so many that our pos elected officials would allow to Die, very poor with out our countries full support, 

just fckn ridiculous

maybe we could raid our military budget....

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
3  Kavika     5 years ago

A sad commentary on our moral responsibility to those that were the first responders. 

It took a comedian to fight for the first responders. 

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Expert
3.1  MrFrost  replied to  Kavika @3    5 years ago

It took a comedian to fight for the first responders. 

And a POTUS to use the tragedy to bolster his own ego, via lying, again.  

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
4  Ender    5 years ago

I watched Mr Alvarez and Mr Stewart when they testified. Heart breaking really.

Then McConnell didn't want to bring it up on the floor. That blew me away.

They are heroes and should get top notch treatment. Everything available.

Our congress people get top notch care while they can afford it and don't deserve it.

Something seriously wrong with our system.

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
4.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Ender @4    5 years ago

Damn Straight

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
4.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Ender @4    5 years ago

Totally agree with you. 

These guys went beyond the call of duty. They were lied to about the air quality. Christine Whitney stating that there were no worries about the air quality, as the air quality was completely safe. So many of these men would not be dying today had they wore protective gear. 

 
 
 
TᵢG
Professor Principal
4.2.2  seeder  TᵢG  replied to    5 years ago

They were not aware of the true level of chemical danger at the time.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
4.2.7  Trout Giggles  replied to  XDm9mm @4.2.6    5 years ago
anyone there would have told any OSHA inspector to shove it and pitch in to help.

I think you're right about that

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
4.2.8  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to    5 years ago

No, the EPA said it was safe, too. They were all guilty. 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
4.2.9  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  XDm9mm @4.2.6    5 years ago

Yeah, I have to agree. I just heard a first responder who has now undergone over 60 rounds of chemo for widespread cancer say he would do it again. These men and women were true heros. 

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
5  Paula Bartholomew    5 years ago

I am still upset that a triage was staged so close to the tower that had not fallen yet.  Rule of thumb is you set triage one and one third's distance the height of a compromised structure.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
6  Perrie Halpern R.A.    5 years ago

What is really bad is that there are many apartment complexes in the direct area and that people were told it was safe to go home. 

 
 

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