Two more policeman die of 9/11 related lung cancer

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Two More Policeman die of 9/11 -related lung cancer


Source: nypost.com

By LARRY CELONA

September 6, 2007 -- Two more cops have died of 9/11-related lung cancer, according to their families.

Officer Frank Macari, 51, died on Monday, after a five-year battle with the disease.

Macari, a 13-year veteran of the force assigned to Brooklyn, developed a tumor on his leg in December 2001, after working at Ground Zero. He leaves a wife and stepdaughter.

Officer Madeline Caro, 41, a 16-year veteran, succumbed to lung cancer in July. Carlo, assigned to the South Bronx, also spent days at the World Trade Center site. She leaves a son and daughter.

Macari's family will file papers, as Carlo's family has done, to obtain line-of-duty benefits from the NYPD.

Meanwhile, the sixth annual NYPD 9/11 Memorial Weekend begins tomorrow with a 1 p.m. parade in lower Manhattan, ending at the police memorial wall at Liberty Street and South End Avenue.

The weekend includes a Saturday-night concert at Town Hall in honor of the NYPD's 9/11 victims. It stars tenor Ronan Tynan.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09062007/news/regionalnews/two_9_11_sick_cops_die.htm

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1. It's a tribute to the soullessness of this country that so much of officialdom rejects the link

between these deaths and conditions at Ground Zero.

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2. tried to blame everybody else for her misdeeds

"Christie Whitman repeatedly declared the air safe, and now thousands of people are sick, and some have died, from World Trade Center contamination," said Rep. Nadler. "To add insult to injury, she just went on 60 Minutes and tried to blame everybody else for her misdeeds. She must be held accountable," he added.

http://www.house.gov/list/press/ny08_nadler/WhitmanProsecuted091306.html

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3. kick

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4. ASBESTOS