| Sci-Tech/Health | |
| Wednesday, 27 February 2008 | |
| WASHINGTON - Chanting "$25 million isn't enough!" dozens of sick 9/11 first responders stood in the rain on Capitol Hill Tuesday and urged President Bush to restore funding to help pay their medical bills. Joseph Zadroga, whose son James died of lung disease after working 100 hours at the site for the NYPD, said the government needs to help those who helped the city get back on its feet after the towers fell. "They dug this country out of a hole and now it's time for this country to dig them out of their holes," he said as he held back tears. Bush has budgeted just $25 million for 9/11 health care programs in 2009 - compared with $108 million for this year. The Daily News, in a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials, has also fought for more funding for the city's sick heroes. "We lost 3,000 lives on 9/11, but thousands more have lost their health," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens). She is sponsoring a bill named after James Zadroga that would mandate health care funding for ailing 9/11 workers. | |
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
Sick 9/11 workers rally in rainy D.C. for more help
Sick 9/11 workers rally in rainy D.C. for more help
