NY Delegation: 9/11 Workers Getting Sicker

(CBS/AP)  Sen. Hillary Clinton and other lawmakers joined ailing Sept. 11 recovery workers at ground zero on Monday to demand more federal funding to treat those workers with chronic breathing problems.

"We have to provide treatment for all of the victims of 9/11," Clinton said outside the World Trade Center site, two days after announcing her presidential candidacy. "Without the president's budget commitment, the program that is treating many of these victims will end."

After the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the government spent $90 million on health monitoring programs, and this year it spent another $75 million — the first federal dollars specifically for treatment for workers and lower Manhattan residents sickened by their exposure to World Trade Center dust.

Clinton said Monday that money will run out by this summer.

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Read about Bonnie Giebfried, an ailing 9/11 EMT.
Read the story of NYPD Detective James Zadroga, the first confirmed casualty of ground zero exposure.

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She was joined by the father of a retired police detective who died a year ago and several workers who said they were sickened by the toxic dust that enveloped lower Manhattan after the twin towers collapsed. Several of those workers said they planned to attend President George W. Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

"We have been given a slow, slow death sentence, and that's simply not right," said Marvin Bethea, a paramedic who said he has suffered everything from asthma to post-traumatic stress disorder after his work at ground zero. "It's all about the money. They don't want to pay the money."

A White House spokeswoman did not immediately return a message seeking comment Monday.

Clinton and others called for the president to include money for treatment in his budget, and she said she would introduce legislation securing an additional $1.9 billion for further treatment.

"I believe this is a moral responsibility of our nation," she said.

[jimibear]

"pdun1: You really beleive that? You know I won't be able to beleive anything you say again?
Posted by Cbscrash07 at 03:41 PM : Jan 22, 2007
+ report this comment"

CBScrash, I'd keep an open mind on this if I were you. The precedent is there in our own country's history (Gulf of Tonkin, sinking of the Maine, proposed fake attack on Guantanemo in 1961 to start war with Cuba) and in others (burning of Rome, burning of the Reichstag Building in Berlin). Governments have shown over and over that they are more than willing to sacrifice the property and lives of their citizens, or take advantage of a convenient incident, to pursue a particular agenda.

I don't say I 100% believe 9/11 was an inside job, but I have read and seen way too much to think it really went down the way the government says. I think they were either involved actively (planting explosives, setting up the hijackings and pinning blame on Bin Laden) or passively (allowing it to happen through either opportunism or negligence, then taking part in a massive coverup).

I encourage you to look around the net at sites like www.prisonplanet.com. Even after you get past all the hype and hysteria (and there's plenty) there is an abundance of hard evidence and statements from credible sources to indicate that something about the 9/11 "official story" stinks to high heaven.

I think it's a great mistake to ever think "it can't happen here" or "they wouldn't do that" when it comes to politicians.

[jimibear]

"Bu$hCo sold the steel in the WTC towers to off-shore smelters. Where did those proceeds go? How much did that net? Or is that a secret too?


Posted by inventagod at 06:06 PM : Jan 22, 2007"

Furthermore, they sold it off before it could be looked at by investigators. I would call that "tampering with evidence".

I wonder if they got a higher or lower price for that amazing steel that "melts" at 1000C - 500 degrees cooler than steel usually melts, but the highest temperature attainable by burning jet fuel?

Or could it possibly have been disposed of to hide things like traces of explosives and accelerants?

And NYCKate - I have the highest regard for your posts, but even the strongest proponents of global warming still call it a "theory". I happen to agree with you that it's legit, but in fact none of the items you listed have been linked exclusively to global warming caused by pollution. We simply don't know enough about general weather cycles, etc. The warming may be part of a natural cycle.

That being said, there is no reason at all not to minimize our contribution to it. So all in all I agree, but it's one of those issues where inflammatory language doesn't strengthen your point, I'm afraid.

[thesecret2]

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[pakaal]

T-Barr wrote: "Note they don't mention 911. Call them. They will say, "We have no evidence that links Bin Laden to the events on 9/11"."

Bin-Laden admitted his connection with the attacks way back in 2004, the Bin-Laden "fake tape" you mention was further back in 2001. And if you doubt my word, there's always Fox news as backup. ;-)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137095,00.html

[inventagod]

"For those who have some lingering questions about the events on 9/11/01"
The art of understatement! Great post!
About those questions:
1 Controlled Demolition, Inc.
2 Five 'Hijackers' alive and well
3 CIA insider trading
4 Five 'War Games' running on 9/11
5 Bu$h waited 444 days before investigating
......

[feelfree1]

For those who have some lingering questions about the events on 9/11/01, I would like to reccomend 2 short films:

Improbable Collapse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUMKP4WaMgM

& 9/11 Press For Truth

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5589099104255077250&q=google+paul 9%2F11&hl=en

[t_barr]

Actually, I find it appalling, embarrassing, and disheartening that the US Senator for NY is not demanding a REAL investigation of the events of 911. Even Board Members of the only investigation conducted to date claim that the 911 Omission Report was a sham. Almost 6 years later, and Bin Laden is still not wanted by the FBI for 911. Check it out, you'll find;

"Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world."

Note they don't mention 911. Call them. They will say, "We have no evidence that links Bin Laden to the events on 9/11". Do it. The 'Confession tape' you cry? It was a fake. Just like a lot of other 'Evidence' surrounding 911. Bin Laden didn't do it, Saddam didn't do it, so who did? You would think our Congress would be interested in that, especially the US Senator for NY. Unbelievable....

[nyckate]

migrainegram - Bush, the neocons and the religious right would must rather throw the money away than pay for those 'malingering' cops and firemen and other workers who spent months on teh rubble of WTC - they have always lacked those christian qualities such as compassion, caring and generosity.

[migrainegram]

Think of the possibilities -- if King George focused more on home instead of Iraq and Osama-Been-Forgotten -- priceless. Unfortunately, it isn't going to happen and all the money is poured into one giant sand box. Why? Because failure is not an option. Go figure.

It is appalling, embarrassing, and disheartening!

[nyckate]

Cbscrash07 - actually she's been trying to help them for quite a while - I don't plan on voting her for President unless of course GOP puts up another Bush -- but she's done a good job as senator for NY.