First Responders on 60 Minutes

[serryjw]

NOW< if you didn't see this, please read/watch. I cried. They did everything beyond the call of duty and they are dying and are sick from lung disease. The gov't cut them off after 2 years ( 2003) from reporting and collecting benefits. They are mostly so young. This is so horrible.


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On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of workers rushed into lower Manhattan while everyone else was rushing out. They spent day and night on what became known as the "pile," searching for survivors and, later, remains in the worst of conditions. The cruel irony is that thousands of them are now getting sick. And as Katie Couric reports, a growing number of studies confirm, they're getting sick because of all the time they spent breathing the dust at ground zero'
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http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml