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New York’s duty to Ground Zero dead
It is inevitable that death will come to the men and women who responded to Ground Zero and were sickened. And, just as inevitably, those left behind may wonder whether exposure to the poisoned air in the end proved fatal.
METRO BRIEFING | NEW YORK; Manhattan: Asthma Linked To Trade Center
Children who inhaled dust from the collapsed World Trade Center may be twice as likely to develop asthma as children who were not exposed, according to preliminary findings released yesterday by the City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Metro Briefing: New York: Manhattan: Environmental Tests Downtown
Initial tests at 53 apartments and in the common areas of nine buildings within 1,500 feet of ground zero found three dust samples that were contaminated with asbestos above safe levels and 71 samples that were laced with lead that exceeded federal standards, environmental officials said yesterday.
Death Ruled Not Homicide for Officer at Ground Zero
New York City’s chief medical examiner has decided not to reclassify the death of a police officer who worked at ground zero as a homicide linked to the attack on the twin towers because the officer did not arrive at the site until Sept. 13, 2001.
Give us clarity, Mike
One thing was clear from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday regarding how, in his words, he will find “ways to pay tribute and to memorialize those whose lives were lost because of the work that they did down at Ground Zero after the terrible tragedy of 9/11”: The mayor is not interested in the least in seeking the guidance of experts.
Medical Examiner, Differing on Ground Zero Case, Stands His Ground
No New Yorker is privy to as many secrets of the dead as Dr. Charles S. Hirsch. During nearly two decades as New York City’s chief medical examiner, he has quietly overseen autopsies on more than 100,000 people, hoping to learn something more about the way they lived, and why they died.
Set fair standards for judging WTC deaths
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Hirsch sparked an uproar when he ruled on Detective James Zadroga’s cause of death. Although Zadroga had spent hundreds of hours working 9/11 rescue and recovery, although Zadroga had been grievously sickened by inhaling the Ground Zero dust, Hirsch found another reason for the fatality.
Mayor Calls Detective Hero but Adds to the Confusion
After a week of intense criticism, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg retreated yesterday from previous remarks and said a retired police detective who died at age 34 after working hundreds of hours at ground zero was indeed a hero.
A Tongue That’s Tough to Tame
Ever since Michael R. Bloomberg entered politics, he has worked hard to control his impolitic tendencies.
Mayor Backs Away From Questioning Dead Officer’s Heroism
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg backed away yesterday from his earlier statements that James Zadroga, a police detective who worked for hundreds of hours on the smoldering pile at ground zero, was “not a hero” because the city’s chief medical examiner ruled his death was not directly related to dust from the trade center site.