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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: NY State says 100's of 9/11 rescue workers now dead |
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http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/090508Workers.htm
| Quote: | State Says Hundreds Of 9/11 Rescue Workers Now Dead, Admits Undercount
First responders' representitive:"It's the tip of the iceberg"
Steve Watson, Infowars.net, Friday, May 9, 2008
New York State health officials have released statistics indicating that 360 9/11 rescue workers have since died, but have also admitted that there is an overall undercount.
The New York Daily News reports that of those deaths 154 have been explained and 80 have died of various forms of cancer, mostly impacting the lungs and digestive system while others were related to blood cancers and heart and circulatory diseases.
"It's the tip of the iceberg," said David Worby, who is representing 10,000 workers - 600 with cancer - who say they got sick after working on rescue and recovery efforts.
"These statistics bear out how toxic that site was," Worby said.
The Statistics were released by the World Trade Center Responder Fatality Investigation Program.
While insisting the state is "not making judgment" on whether all the deaths were related to the toxic air around ground zero, which was filled with asbestos, mercury, lead and other contaminants, official Kitty Gelberg did say that she believes there to be an overall undercount of rescuers and workers who have died since 9/11.
In spite of the state's refusal to be drawn on whether there has been an elevation in deaths due to 9/11, it was revealed back In 2006, almost five years on from the disaster, that there has been a startling increase in cases of a particular lung scarring disease, known as sarcoidosis, among firefighters, which rose to five times the expected rate in the two years after the attacks.
At the time the New York Times reported:
"The most worrisome to medical experts are granulomatous pulmonary diseases, which show a particular type of swirling marks left on the lungs by foreign matter like dust. Doctors say the severity of the disease is often dictated by a patient's genetic makeup. The diseases include pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis, a sometimes fatal disorder that can be set off when exposure to dust causes the body's immune system to attack itself. "
Medical experts have stated that it still may be at least another decade before the full effects of the attacks are witnessed as diseases may take longer to develop in some people than others. It is estimated that around 40,000 people were involved in rescue work around the World Trade Center site and the Fresh Kills landfill where debris was taken immediately following the attacks.
The number effected may be significantly more than that however given that a recent study by Mount Sinai Medical Center revealed that out of 70,000 participants, 85 percent are suffering some kind of respiratory problem.
A previous study in 2006 by the medical center also found that of of 9,442 workers, 70% suffer breathing problems. This was also the figure gleened from a further study in 2007.
Though the center's figures have been criticized and questioned by some, they are the only real source to go on given that the city, state and federal governments did not engage in any form of research into or treatment of 9/11 related illnesses for some time after the attacks, and still have not set about a truly committed program to do so.
Dr. Robin Herbert, Co-director of the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program at Mount Sinai has indicated that there may be three "waves" of illnesses experienced by ground zero workers. The first wave refers to coughing and respiratory problems, the second wave includes severe chronic lung diseases and the third wave could be fatal cancers.
Dr. Michael Baden, chief forensic pathologist for the New York State Police and the former chief medical examiner of New York City, has reviewed several ground zero-related autopsies, and has commented "Three thousand people may have died, but 100,000 others may have been exposed".
We have extensively reported on the fact that the EPA knowingly gave misleading information to residents and workers regarding the air quality in the aftermath of the attacks and how a cover up, which leads to officials at the very top, has ensued.
The heroes of 9/11 have been shunned by a government that still refuses cover the costs of healthcare for the vast majority of the stricken because to do so would be an admission of culpability.
Last month it was reported that some of the heroes who have since succumbed to dust-related illnesses will be memorialized on the NYPD's "Wall of Heroes" for officers killed in the line of duty.
Sadly, more space will be needed on that wall in the months and years to come as the officials ultimately responsible for this continuing tragedy remain unpunished. |
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/05/08/2008-05-08_360_post911_work ers_have_died_including_.html
| Quote: | 360 post-9/11 workers have died, including 80 of cancer, says state
JORDAN LITE, New York Daily News, Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8th 2008, 4:00 AM
Matthew Brophy, 6, wears his late dad's NYPD hat to the memorial ceremony at 1 Police Plaza Wednesday.
More than 360 workers who dealt with the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster have died, state health officials said Wednesday.
Officials have determined the cause of death of 154 of the responders and volunteers who toiled at Ground Zero, the blocks nearby and at the Fresh Kills landfill, where debris from the site was taken.
Of those, 80 died of cancer.
"It's the tip of the iceberg," said David Worby, who is representing 10,000 workers - 600 with cancer - who say they got sick after working on rescue and recovery efforts.
"These statistics bear out how toxic that site was," Worby said.
Most of the deadly tumors were in the lungs and digestive system, according to the tally from the state's World Trade Center Responder Fatality Investigation Program.
Other deaths were traced to blood cancers and heart and circulatory diseases. Five ex-workers committed suicide, said Kitty Gelberg, who is tracking the deaths for the program.
Gelberg said she had not yet determined whether the number of cancer deaths was more or less than those typically occurring in men in their 20s to 50s who work as cops, firefighters or laborers - the majority of 9/11 workers.
"We are not saying all of these deaths are World Trade Center-related," Gelberg said. "Without the statistics, we are not making judgment."
She added that relatives of people who died of cancer may be likely to link their loved one's death to their 9/11 work and add them to the database, despite other possible factors.
But Gelberg said she is compiling the deaths from public sources, individuals and agencies and believes there is an overall undercount of workers who have died. The statistics cover Sept. 12, 2001, through yesterday.
The city Health Department said it was "actively examining whether deaths have been elevated as a result of 9/11."
Last year, the head of Mount Sinai Medical Center's monitoring and treatment program, Dr. Robin Herbert, predicted a "third wave" of 9/11-related deaths from cancer.
"We know people were exposed to carcinogens. There was benzene, dioxin, asbestos," said her colleague Dr. Philip Landrigan. "There's reason to be concerned, so we're engaged in watchful waiting. So far, there's no excess."
Cathy Murray, whose husband, Fire Lt. John Murray, died of colon cancer April 30, "absolutely" connects his disease to his work at Ground Zero. He was diagnosed in June and was 52 when he died, she said. An FDNY spokesman couldn't immediately say where or when Murray performed 9/11-related duty, but a department letter confirms that he spent at least 40 hours at World Trade Center-designated work sites.
"He was perfectly healthy," said Cathy Murray, 53, of Staten Island. "He never smoked a day in his life, and neither did I. It happened so quick and so aggressive.
"He was responding at first, but then he wasn't," she added. "And now he's gone."
jlite@nydailynews.com |
WHERE IS THE ******* OUTRAGE!!!!!????
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| Quote: | | Inspector Donald G. Feser, Lt. Carlos J. Ocasio, Sgt. Alex W. Baez, Detective Corey J. Diaz, Officer Frank M. Bolusi, Officer Robert C. Grossman, Officer Richard Jakubowsky, Officer Robert Oswain and Officer Robert Zane. |
"Honored" - their cause of death covered up, more likely!
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tragic_wtc_cops_honored_HdRvud6Pysu Zc3eIMnwmcJ#ixzz1bDFNjdzp
Meanwhile...
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NY personal injury lawyer Michael Barasch of Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson continues his firm’s advocacy for compensation on behalf of victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, according to news sources. The firm represented Detective James Zadroga—the WTC injury victim for whom the 2010 Zadroga Act was named—as well as over 1000 other rescue and construction workers for their claims to receive compensation for the respiratory illnesses that eventually killed Zadroga and disabled hundreds of others.
That experience changed him and his fellow lawyers, according to Barasch. He said the firm lobbied for passage of the James Zadroga bill, which recently re-opened and expands compensation for victims who developed their illnesses after the original victims’ compensation fund was shut down in 2003.
“During Detective Zadroga’s case, it became clear to us that greater action must be taken to help all those who suffered and died in the aftermath of this brutal attack,” says Barasch. “My colleagues and I worked relentlessly to support the creation of the Zadroga Act. Now, because of efforts like ours and many others, more victims are eligible to apply for health care and compensation.”
Barasch said lawyers from Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson were invited to meet with Department of Justice attorneys charged with implementing the Zadroga Act. Many issues were discussed, including the diagnoses to be included and the application process. Barasch said the new application will allow supplemental claims on behalf of those who received small awards from the first VCF and who subsequently found to be disabled.
Barasch has been asked by new Special Master Sheila Birnbaum to help draft the new three part application. The $2.7 billion allotted will be shared by the applicants accepted into the program. Applicants must prove that they sustained a recognized illness as a direct result of their exposure to WTC dust and toxins.
The September 11th Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) was originally designed to help those injured inside the World Trade Center buildings within 72 hours of the 9/11 attacks. On October 3, the fund was expanded to include victims that were not diagnosed immediately. |
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/454166 |
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