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Dear Friends,
Recently a retired NYPD detective, who has been a long time friend and customer, stopped into the shop. He proceeded to tell me that his 37 year old son (expecting his 4th child next week) nearly
died a few weeks ago from sudden kidney failure, and was since diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. Multiple Myeloma is a very rare blood and bone cancer, which almost never appears in people under
the age of 70. The son, until his illness forced him off the job, was with the NYPD Bomb Squad, and the cancer, is almost certainly the result of his months working at the Fresh Kills landfill
searching the Ground Zero debris.It is currently estimated that 40,000 people worked Ground Zero and Fresh Kills, and the Federal Government acknowledges as many as 71,000 are considered "at risk" from their exposure to the toxic cocktail that enveloped lower Manhattan. I believe that number may be much higher when you factor in everyone who had to clean the apartments, storefronts, offices and streets following the World Trade Center attack. Mount Sinai Medical center reported 70% of the 10,000 Ground Zero workers they tested reported new or worsening respiratory problems since their exposure to these toxins. Now, the number of deaths attributed to Ground Zero exposure are starting to mount. The official 9/11 death toll is 2,752....it could easily reach 20 times that number before the full impact has been felt. 
While the news media is starting to report on these matters, and the politicians and agencies responsible for the lax safety conditions, and misinformation regarding air quality, are starting to
answer for it, I feel the media is not putting all the pieces together yet. The public is still oblivious to the magnitude of the problem.Thousands of Ground Zero rescue workers and volunteers have already retired, or been placed on light duty, due to post 9/11 illness. If only 1/2 of the 71,000 figure develop medical complications, the ensuing cumulative medical costs will easily reach the Billions...yes BILLIONS. Some of these people do not have insurance, and many others who think they are covered by their job's insurance, or Workman's Compensation, will discover that the "job" does not consider the illness a "line of duty" injury, and therefore will not cover treatment. The dollar figures that the Federal Government is currently proposing as relief or aid, will not even scratch the surface.
Thank you for taking a moment to read this. Please check back, I will post more information about this subject as it comes available. I will also post information about related charities, and web sites that are supporting our Forgotten Heroes. Below we have provided some links that we hope will offer further light on the subject, and provide resources for those seeking treatment or information: Feelgood Foundation: http://www.fealgoodfoundation.com WTC Environmental Health Center: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/community/wtc-health-center.shtml World Trade Center Health Registry: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/wtc/index.html FDNY Medical Screening: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/units/bhs/wtcmm/index.shtml NYPD World Trade Center Resources: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/nypd_wtc_emerg.html NY Times - July 18th 2007: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/nyregion/18treatment.html TIME Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2006/first_responders/ WCBSTV: http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=96760@wcbs.dayport.com New York City's Official 9/11 Health Site: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/wtc/html/home/home.shtml Sincerely, Noam D. Freedman |
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