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At the Site of Disaster, Dust and Dismay
RETURNING in the evening to his loft on Murray Street in Lower Manhattan, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, inspecting the paws of his Australian shepherd, often finds them coated in black dirt and dust.
For Engineer, a Cloud of Litigation After 9/11
To hear Ramon Gilsanz speak — voice calm and measured, even on a day when travel plans are tied in a knot by a snowstorm — you would never guess that he is being sued by thousands of people.
Study Finds Prior Trauma Raised Children’s 9/11 Risk
Preschoolers who witnessed the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center or saw its victims were at high risk of developing lingering emotional and behavior problems if — but only if — they had had a previous frightening experience, like seeing a parent fall ill, researchers are reporting Tuesday.
Gutless wonder
The Bush administration’s top health official didn’t have the guts yesterday to come to New York and face sickened Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers at a congressional hearing
Editorials No good deed …
Thanks to the federal government’s refusal to reopen the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, thousands of sickened Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers were forced to turn to the courts for recompense. Their long, frustrating legal battle has been well-documented
Leavitt slams the door
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt outdid himself by summarily canceling a plan to start a national health care system for sick 9/11 rescue and recovery workers.
Ground Zero Health Program Hits a Setback in Washington
The future of a national program to provide medical treatment to ground zero workers outside the metropolitan area is in doubt after the federal government abruptly halted the search for a contractor to process medical reimbursements.
Dereliction of duty
President Bush is turning his back on the thousands of rescue and recovery workers sickened from labors at Ground Zero. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt made it crystal clear last week: The administration will no longer develop a coordinated federal response for the forgotten victims of 9/11.
The sick can’t wait
A Manhattan federal appeals judge zeroed in Monday on the injustice of forcing thousands of sick World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers to wage long court battles for compensation.
Heroes need better deal
Some harsh realities are hitting 9,000 Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers who have sued seeking compensation for illnesses they suffered responding to the collapse of the World Trade Center. And family members of responders who died are facing the same unpleasant truths.