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Rally for 9/11 Health U.S. Capitol 2.26.08

Over one hundred 9/11 Responders and their families rallied at the U.S. Capitol on February 26, 2008 to protest the 77% budget cuts in 9/11 Healthcare funding for fiscal ‘09, plus the canceling of plans for the World Trade Center Business Process Center,

which would have provided monitoring and treatment for the 10,000-plus Responders who reside outside the greater New York area.

Co-organized by 9/11 Health Now and the FealGood Foundation, the rally featured elected officials Dennis Kucinich (D-OH, pictured right), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Tim Bishop (D-NY), who spoke out on the urgent need for 9/11 Healthcare. Responders and officials alike clamored for the passage of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Also known as the James Zadroga Act, the bill would provide monitoring and treatment to all those sickened by Ground Zero toxins. View Photo Gallery... Read Media Articles... View Media Clips...

The 9/11 Health Crisis

On September 11, 2001, tens of thousands of Americans converged on New York City's World Trade Center site in one of the most impassioned rescue and recovery efforts in the history of the country. Unbeknownst to these American patriots, the conditions at Ground Zero--in spite of Federal and State warnings to the contrary--were exceedingly toxic: hundreds of contaminants, including asbestos, lead, mercury and benzene--to name a few-were present in unprecedentedly high levels, both within the billowing dust cloud that settled over Lower Manhattan and the surrounding areas, and in the emissions from the pit that smoldered for months afterward during the cleanup. Read More...

9/11’s Toxic Legacy

Regina Cervantes, Volunteer EMS Worker: “By September 14th, my airway was so burned I could barely speak. Now I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastro esophageal reflux disease, chronic asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks…”

David Miller, National Guard (pictured,below): “I've got Mesothelioma, skin cancer, head and neck cancer, COPD--Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, nausea from the chemo, insomnia, cardiac issues-my heart has to pump so hard to get

oxygen to my obstructed lungs, it's become damaged in the process…”

Listen to David on the plight of the First Responders in a conversation with Dennis Kucinich...

John Feal, Demolition Supervisor: “An 8-ton steel beam crushed my foot at Ground Zero. I got gangrene and almost died. I've had two dozen surgeries and two amputations. Oh sure, there's other things too. Pulmonary disease? Puh-lease--everyone who worked on the pile has that-it's inescapable…”

John Sferazo, Steelworker, who now takes 26 medications a day due to Ground Zero illness: “...Now I'm lucky if I can run a city block without dropping dead…” View John in the Sierra Club film Forgotten Heroes

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9/11 Activist: John Feal

During the 9/11 rescue and recovery mission, First Responder John Feal escaped near-death when an 8-ton steel beam toppled onto his foot. Two amputations and multiple surgeries later, Feal was back on his feet, but demoralized by what he saw: the 9/11 Community was reeling--from respiratory disease, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, cancers and other ailments due to Ground Zero's toxic aftermath. Bitter that aid for America's heroes was not forthcoming, Feal transformed his anger into advocacy, speaking out to the public and elected officials for the urgent need for 9/11 health care. In 2005,

John established the FealGood Foundation, a non-profit charity dedicated to aiding the 9/11 Community.

“I became an advocate once I realized I have a choice,” Feal declares. “I can sit around and feel sorry for myself, or I can fight back and help others." Mention politics, and John bristles: "With power, comes responsibility: as elected officials, you're elected to serve and protect. Well, 90% of our country's leaders are not serving and protecting, and 9/11 heroes are dying because of it.” Feal continues: "As a country, we took one on the chin on September 11. We got knocked down, but we bounced back up to move forward. But in the process of moving forward, we forgot what we left behind. And that's about 40,000 people that are sick and dying…”

Read John’s 9.5.07 CAP Interview

View John in the Sierra Club film Forgotten Heroes.

View John Feal and Glen Klein’s Star Jones Interview.

View John’s 2.26.08 Fox News Interview at the Rally for 9/11 Health at the US Capitol (above).

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Allan Tannenbaum’s camera has been documenting 9/11 from the moment the first plane hit. His photo essay 9/11 Still Killing is a shattering portrait of lives in which 9/11’s legacy lives on.