NOTE: This Thread Is NOT Satire...From NY Daily News, Sunday 9/13/2009
WASHINGTON - A group of Sept. 11 responders finally got an answer from the White House to their plea for help: a thank you card.
A year ago, members of the Fealgood Foundation delivered that plea to the future President and other lawmakers in a DVD telling the tale of four ailing heroes.
One of the four, Greg Quibell, had just died of 9/11-linked leukemia. Another, former FDNY firefighter John McNamara, died of cancer last month.
They wanted to show Congress why it must pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, an $8.4 billion bill to help ailing Sept. 11 workers.
But the act has languished. What the responders have gotten are thank you's, not just from the White House, but from members of Congress who also got copies of "Save the Brave."
"One congressman's office sent it back with a letter that said we're sorry, we don't accept gifts," said John Feal, who lost half his foot at Ground Zero.
Feal got the note from the White House saying "Thank you for your kind gift" last week.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/11/2009-09-11_one_year_after_sept_11_responders_plea_for_help_white_house_responds_with_thank_.html#ixzz0R6Q6X3Jm
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