NEW YORK, May 24, 2007
NYC Adds WTC Dust Death To 9/11 List
For First Time Medical Examiner Adds Death From Toxic Dust To Victim Tally
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Play CBS Video Video Dust Death Added To 9/11 List A woman who died of lung disease five months after 9/11 was added to the New York City medical examiner's list of attack victims. WCBS-TV's Lou Young reports.
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Felicia Dunn-Jones, whose death was linked to toxic dust from the collapsing World Trade Center towers. (WCBS)
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Felicia Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old attorney who was caught in the dust cloud while fleeing the collapsing towers on Sept. 11, 2001, died of sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lungs, on Feb. 10, 2002.
Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch, citing "accumulated scientific research" that concluded exposure to trade center dust can cause or contribute to sarcoidosis, said that "Mrs. Dunn-Jones' exposure to World Trade Center dust on 9/11/01 contributed to her death and it has been ruled a homicide."
"Mrs. Dunn-Jones has now been added to the list of people who died as a result of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers," Hirsch wrote.
"It'll be an honor," her widower, Joe Jones, told CBS News. "We feel she always deserved to be on that list."
"You're almost without words," he said.
The city said the Sept. 11 death toll at the trade center stands at 2,750.
A class action lawsuit has claimed dozens of deaths have been caused by exposure to toxic trade center dust. A New Jersey medical examiner last year ruled that the January 2006 death of a retired police detective, 34-year-old James Zadroga, was "directly related" to his work at ground zero on and after Sept. 11.
Dunn-Jones' estate received a $2.6 million death benefit from a federal fund to compensate victims' families.
New York lawmakers, some of whom urged the city to add Dunn-Jones to the death toll last year, said more should be added in the future.
"Sadly, we have known that Felicia is not alone and that others have died from ailments caused by 9/11," said U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. "I hope that the medical examiner is no longer in denial about the trade center dust. Dr. Hirsch must review the cases of other 9/11 heroes who, like Felicia, died in the prime of their lives."
Dunn-Jones' family had asked last year that the medical examiner add her name to the death toll, but Hirsch wrote at the time that his office could not link her death to the exposure "with certainty beyond a reasonable doubt."
Since then, a doctor for the Fire Department of New York published a study that found firefighters who worked at ground zero contracted sarcoidosis at a much higher rate after the Sept. 11 attacks than before, linking the disease firmly to the dust exposure.
A New Jersey medical examiner last year ruled that the January 2006 death of a retired police detective, 34-year-old James Zadroga, was "directly related" to his work at ground zero on and after Sept. 11.
Zadroga's father, Joseph Zadroga, said his son also suffered from sarcoidosis and that he and many others should be added to the list of victims with Dunn-Jones.
"I think that anybody that passes as a result of 9/11 should be listed on the wall," he said.
Dunn-Jones will be listed on the Sept. 11 memorial with the names of 2,973 people killed on Sept. 11 in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., memorial foundation spokeswoman Lynn Rasic said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who chairs the foundation, said his "thoughts and prayers are with the Dunn-Jones family."
"It is on their behalf and on behalf of all those affected by 9/11 that we are now building a memorial that remembers and honors the thousands of innocents that died," he said.
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See all 64 CommentsPosted by mdc76082 at 06:52 PM : May 24, 2007
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Your post is a testimony to the left's response to everything that is different to their point of view.
lemming
blind
deaf
dumb
OK, that is quite the vocabulary you have there.
Nope, I can read, write, listen and speak. Not necessarily in that order.
One thing I do know, I would be open to debate anyone that you are aligned with.
Good luck with your use of the English language in the future.
Yikes!!
Posted by king77shaw at 04:14 PM : May 24, 2007
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If ANYTHING you said here were true, the average American would have a reason for concern.
Unfortunately, you are spending too much time reading left-wing blogs, Air American, Bill Maher, Rosie, Soros, MoveOn.org, the Daily Kos and on and on.
It is all political tripe.
Try again.
Posted by dlpracer at 05:04 PM
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So, dlpracer are you that true of a lemming? When told to jump, do you ask how high? You are a true, red, white & blue follower. You bleed Limbaugh red, Hannity white, and Coulter blue. U will always follow and never lead. What part of king77shaw's post was "untrue"? U R a true AMERICAN IDIOT. How much more blind, deaf & dumb do U have to get. When walking today, watch that last step. Better turn on the radio or tv, I'm sure one of your lemming leaders is calling!
"A failed policy in the Middle East" -
...a general question that has no answer. There has been variable degrees of success and failure in the ME for decades. But the ME has NEVER been stable in recent times pre-Bush.
"An increasingly isolated Israel that couldn't beat Hezbollah" -
IF the Israel military wanted to lay waste to the region to WIN a war against Hezbollah, it could, period. but Hezbollah prefers hiding behind civilians.
"Lebanon in chaos -"
Again compared to Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), it is relatively calm. Look it up.
"US debt at an all time high - gas prices at an all time high - CEO pay at an all time high"
The US debt was higher in the 50-60's than today. While the U.S. national debt is the world's largest in absolute size, a more accurate measure is that of its size relative to the nation's GDP. When the national debt is put into this perspective it appears considerably less today than in past years, particularly during World War II. By this measure, it is also considerably less than those of other industrialized nations such as Japan and roughly equivalent to those of several Western European nations
CEO pay based on return to stockholder is relative to other periods.
"confidence in the presidency at an all-time low"
Bush is still higher that Nixon and Truman. Facts are facts...even though that is hardly anything to brag about.
Try again
"A failed policy in the Middle East" -
How's it working?
"An increasingly isolated Israel that couldn't beat Hezbollah" -
What's incorrect there? Israel's isolation from the region is deepening, and in fact they were not able to beat Hezbollah - the first time Israel has lost a military conflict, in fact.
"Lebanon in chaos -"
Isn't it?
"US debt at an all time high - gas prices at an all time high - CEO pay at an all time high"
These are all verifiably true. The national debt has more than doubled under Bush. Gas is over $4 for regular unleaded in parts of the country, up from $1.46 a gallon on average in January, 2001. Likewise, CEOs on average now make more than they ever have in the past.
"confidence in the presidency at an all-time low"
Bush has held the lowest approval ratings of any president in history. Polls show that respect for and confidence in the office of the presidency has vanished.
Posted by ralan40 at 05:09 PM : May 24, 2007
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Taunting someone to attempt suicide.... real classy dude. I'm TOTALLY going to take *everything* you say at face value since you have such intelligent and insigtful comments to provide for the discussion.
Suicide is no joke. I don't care how far left or right you are. That was totally out of line.
Posted by king77shaw at 04:20 PM : May 24, 2007
I answered your questions, you dodged MY answers because you know you are wrong. There is no video footage that shows the complete collapse in real time due to the smoke that resulted. This "9 seconds to total collapse" statement is totally false. The towers dissapeared in a cloud of smoke. No one alive knows how long it took.
How about you jump off a building and we'll time how fast until you hit the ground?
Posted by king77shaw at 04:14 PM : May 24, 2007
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If ANYTHING you said here were true, the average American would have a reason for concern.
Unfortunately, you are spending too much time reading left-wing blogs, Air American, Bill Maher, Rosie, Soros, MoveOn.org, the Daily Kos and on and on.
It is all political tripe.
Try again.
What you are suggesting would require coroberation and secrecy coordinated between hundreds of Corporations and thousands of people not only hiding this from the American Public, US Government, and the airlines involved...but also the insurance company who had to pony up. Once Siverstein paid off all those people, and account for the income loss for years of no rental income, I doubt he'd have enough money to make it worthwhile.
No one would have the financial resources and power to be able to pull this off and Human nature makes such coordination and cunning on such a grand scale impossible at best.
Posted by evelyn7221 at 04:42 PM : May 24, 2007
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Does that equate with the Clinton administration standing by and debating on whether to go into Rwanda and save 800,000 people from getting butchered in 90 days by their countrymen.
Yup, the hugging sure did work there didn't it.
Would that have been worth the effort?
How about Darfur today....should we be there?
Your moral equivalence is mind boggling.
Try again.
1) Saddam Hussein tried to have his father killed. That would be motivation enough for any one person.
2) High hopes of controlling the majority of the world's oil supply.
Remember - his presidency may end in 2009, but he will always have the same father, and he will always be a member of the oil industry elite.
Freedom of speech does not give one the right to yell "Fire" in a crowded building
"If you care to look deeper, the simple answer is always the scariest."
Posted by dlpracer at 03:40 PM : May 24, 2007
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The consequences of the plan failing would have been the Bush administration claming that they foiled a huge terror plot!! It was a win win situation for them either way!
Sure, 2500 lives were lost at ground zero, but more than 3000 have been lost in Iraq, and check out how much the Bush administration cares. With a nationwide population over 30 million, they really don't. In their eyes there will always be another person willing to fill the void.
Ans as far as the simple answer - the one that doesn't require asking deep questions - that answer is, "The terrorists did it."
Bush and Cheney lie - the scientific formula for acceleration due to gravity doesn't.
It doesn't really take much investigation to discover facts that totally discredit the official myth. Start from the beginning: The term "Al Caida" was coined by the CIA; it means "the data base". Bin Laden was controlled as a CIA operative, had handlers assigned to him - this is all verifiable history. Bush tried to link Bin Laden to 9/11, said evidence would be forthcoming, then changed his tune and said he "no longer cared about him".
Are people really stupid enough to go along with attacking Iraq because of something Bin Laden alledgedly planned, and Saudi nationals appeared to carry out? Duh! We have out nationalities blurred a bit, wouldn't you say? Bush said we would track down those responsible - what ever happened to that?
The Neocons have whipped up a hate-and-fear mongering campaign against Islam in order to justify sending troops into a senseless meat grinder. Can't you see that was the plan all along, to support their radical geopolitical strategy? Create a climate of fear so that normal rational discourse is suspended. Unfortunately for Mr. Bush, even his own party is about to turn against him. Seems that there will be another election in a couple years, and they are looking ahead and getting concerned.
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