Ground Zero health crisis

Emergency medical technician Bonnie Giebfried, left, helps Marvin Bethea, a paramedic, hold up a poster detailing medications he has to take since working at Ground Zero during a news conference in front of Ground Zero, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2006, in New York. Giebfried is among tens of thousands of responders and residents who have reported lingering illnesses from exposure to the toxic air at ground zero.

Credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer