Video of first responders 9/11. Someone should have demanded they were

[Maraya1969]

protective gear. I also just found out, (duh) that asbestos was all through the buildings and part of the white smoke in the air after they fell.

Another reason Giuliani will not be elected. He takes care of his people like George Bush does.

These poor men are suffering terribly.

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/local_story_047002528.html

9/11 First Responders: 'We're Dead Men Walking'
Years After Attacks, Many Face Reality Death May Be Near
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Dana Tyler
Reporting

(CBS) NEW YORK More than five years after the 9/11 terror attacks, the full impact of that day is still unknown. First responders who rushed into the collapsing buildings are dealing with health issues they believe could be just the tip of the iceberg.

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"When things are at their very worst is when we are at our very best," Mike McCormack added. "It subsequently changed my life forever."

Today, seven out of every 10 suffer from respiratory disease.

And that's just the beginning.

"My wife to this day is still pulling pieces of glass out of my back," John Feal said. "I have nose bleeds on a regular basis, ringing of the ears, can't sleep."

CBS 2 spoke to just six of the 33,000 people who are now being treated after working at ground zero. As time goes by, new health problems emerge, some unexplained.

"I have a rash that's in the back of my leg now," Valente said.

"The fear is that most of us are going to get some kind of cancer in our esophagus," Feal said.

They also suffer from massive migraines, unexplained rashes and aches and pains that defy explanation.

Dr. Jacqueline Moline of Mount Sinai's Monitoring and Treatment Program said she's often powerless.

"We're hearing the same complaints over and over and over again," Moline said.

Mount Sinai monitors nearly 20,000 first responders on a continual basis.

"There is no doubt in the minds of any of us who've seen the thousands of responders that their health had been adversely affected by these exposures," Moline said.

For many, the picture is grim.

"We will unfortunately outnumber those people who died on 9/11," one of the responders said. "Vito Valente is going to die. Mike McCormack is going to die."

Valente needs a double-lung transplant. McCormack has a piece of metal embedded in his lung after volunteering for eight days at ground zero.

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Acts of heroism that came at a high price, physically and emotionally.

"It's like walking through a door which you can never return from," one of the responders said.

All of the men said they've had to show proof they worked at ground zero. All of them now also suffer from sleep problems.

[liberal N proud]

1. The true death toll from bu$h's ignorance of 9/11 is not yet known

[Maraya1969]

2. Maybe it is because I have asthma but if I was at ground zero or probably

anywhere in the city around that time I would have worn a face mask. I don't understand why the first responders were not made to wear them. I never thought about the asbestos before but we all know how toxic that is. Then all the chemicals from computers and other electronic devises being pulverized.

I live by a concrete factory and I have heard how bad that can be on your lungs. I keep my windows shut most of the time and have air purifiers around the house.

I guess other people do not have the violent lung reactions that I have so they would not necessarily know they were breathing bad stuff BUT I would think the people in charge should have known better! People worked at that site for months and no one told them that they were in a toxic dump?

[truedelphi]

3. The environmental community has been outraged about the

Situation within about three months (probably in NYC - far earlier)

Thank you for keeping it here on the discussion forums

[glitch]

4. Heartbreaking to treat our heroes this way. Insult to injury. K & R

I believe people like Guiliani, Bush, Cheney etc etc actually resent true heroes in a petty jealous school boy way.