First responders excluded from 9/11 ceremony?
With the 10th anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks on the United States soil approaching, New York has been planning a commemoration ceremony to pay respects to the victims of cowardly attacks.
Of those victims, approximately 3,000 emergency personnel were the first responders to the chaotic scenes, dragging out survivors and the dead, treating the injured, exposed to toxic dust and debris that to this day has caused medical problems and death for several of the responders.
The number of first responders that have died, and those that have died because of the 9/11 attack are continuing to increase steadily (climbing to near 1,000 total); you would think that the politicians planning this event would have emergency personnel well represented, placed on a podium and prepared to receive the accolades they so richly deserve.
They were not even invited. (read here)
Several of the emergency personnel exposed to the toxic dust from the collapsed buildings have developed different types of medical maladies, most of them types of cancer. (read more)
Some have been shunned by their own medical insurance and denied treatment for their ailments. One victim, who has since passed away, was even accused that his problems were due to drug abuse. That accusation apparently was retracted.
When confronted with this omission, a spokesman stated that the ceremony was for “victim’s families”. He also cited time and space constraints were an issue and that first responders would get recognized “at different places and times”.
Sounds like the only issue is politicians with interest in their own agenda.
Oh yeah. First responders weren’t been invited to ANY of the first 9 ceremonies either.
I guess when you suffer as a result of being on the job and helping an entire city during a time of crisis, and pay the ultimate price or suffer long term effects because of it, you aren’t a “victim” and your family shouldn’t be invited.
I guess someone “did forget”.
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