Construction at the World Trade Center site in April 2008 (derek7272/flickr)
Thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued New York City over damaging health effects of working at the World Trade Center following 9/11 have reached a settlement with the city.
Ten thousand plaintiffs were awarded around $650 million dollars; each individual amount received depends on the severity of the illness. We hear from Fred Mogul, a health care and medicine reporter for WNYC radio, and Glenn Klein, one of the plaintiffs in the case. Klein is a retired NYPD officer who was onsite on September 11, 2001 and during the eight month rescue and cleanup effort. He has since been diagnosed with several serious health problems.
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Comments [2]
I went wensday the following day and ever since 2006 I first found out i had thyriod cancer, each day that geos by I get sicker and they give me a new diagnosis. This settlement offer they are giving us to me sucks and I would say I'm not opting in.
I responded Tues evening. Sept. 11 with nyct how i"m I covered they send me medications from the monitierng at nassau med. center
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