WTC First Responders To Rally In Washington D.C.
I called John yesterday to wish him, and everyone else involved tomorrow luck. I hope their efforts are successful. - Jon
Source: ny1.com
February 25, 2008
World Trade Center first responders and their families are heading to D.C. to continue fighting for health care.
Nearly 200 first responders are heading to Capitol Hill to hold a rally Tuesday protesting major cuts to their health care.
They say the government slashed the budget for 9/11 health care from $108 million to $25 million for the next fiscal year. The workers say they deserve better care after exposing themselves to toxic air.
"We're not going to stand for being cut out of the budget by 77 percent,” said John Feal, founder of the Fealgood Foundation. “It's not adequate and it’s an insult.”
“If I got hurt in Afghanistan, my family and I would be covered, but since I got hurt in Manhattan we're not,” said WTC construction worker Thomas Magee.
Many first responders are also pushing congress to pass the James Zadroga bill which would ensure that everyone exposed to toxins at Ground Zero has proper medical care.
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Sick 9/11 first responders on trip to Washington
BY STEPHANIE GASKELL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 4:00 AM
On a bus on I-95 - Dozens of sick 9/11 first responders rumbled down to the nation's capital Monday to do what they shouldn't have to: beg lawmakers to fund crucial programs that help pay their growing medical bills.
"I feel like a charity case," said Charles Giles, 40, who worked as an emergency medical technician for 16 years - including five months at Ground Zero. He got sick in 2002 and, after 13 separate hospitalizations, has had to sell his house to pay medical bills.
"[Sept. 11] has destroyed us," said Giles, of Toms River, N.J. "We gave our heart and souls on 9/11. What this government is doing to us now is a shame."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/26/2008-02-26_sick_911_first_res...
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The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is currently holding a hearing, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Response to Air Quality Issues Arising from the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001: Were There Substantive Due Process Violations?" Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman will testify, amongst others. Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler questions Whitman.
Michael Moore.
Michael Moore is supporting the first responders as well.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/