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Three heroes of 9/11 die of cancer in five days
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Can Congress pass this medical support bill for first responder victims or would it endanger the official fiction about what happened at the WTC? An exotic weapon obviously turned most of the WTC to fine powder—wouldn’t want that fact to get out, now would we?
Three heroes of 9/11 die of cancer in five days
BY STEPHANIE GASKELL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, October 12th 2009, 4:44 AM
Robert Grossman, a police officer who worked at Ground Zero following 9/11, died of cancer on Friday.
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A firefighter and two cops who worked at Ground Zero in the days and weeks after Sept. 11 have died of cancer in the past five days, the Daily News has learned.
Family members and advocates are blaming their deaths on toxins released into the air after the twin towers collapsed - and they're urging Congress to act on a bill that would help pay for their medical care.
"Everybody is denying that this stuff is connected to 9/11, but it is," said Stephen Grossman, whose son Robert died of cancer on Friday at the age of 44.
Robert Grossman was a police officer in Harlem who worked at Ground Zero for several weeks after Sept. 11.
"He never once said he was sorry he went down there," Grossman said. "None of them walked away even though they all knew it was really dangerous."
The day after Grossman passed away, Firefighter Richard Mannetta, 44, died of cancer. And last Wednesday, 37-year-old Police Officer Cory Diaz died of cancer.
Firefighter John McNamara, 44, died of cancer last month.
"Unfortunately, it's just going to happen more and more," Stephen Grossman said. "I hope next week there isn't four."
Grossman said even though his son lost his battle, there are still many more first responders who are sick.
"This country just says, 'That's fine. We'll just wait another 15 to 20 years and you'll all be dead and we'll all be sorry,'" he said. "This country is better than that."
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act - named after an NYPD detective who died from his post-9/11 ailments - is still sitting in Congress, and Grossman and others are urging lawmakers to act now.
"These three deaths are proof that we need this bill passed today - not a year from now," said John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation.
The bill would provide $10 billion for medical care for hundreds of first responders who have since become ill. But doctors haven't directly linked these illnesses to the World Trade Center.
"The facts are indisputable," said Kenny Specht, 40, a firefighter who worked for the NYPD on Sept. 11 and was diagnosed with thyroid cancer three years ago. "This week alone proves what we've been saying is absolutely occurring."
Feal said the deaths of Grossman, Diaz and Mannetta in a span of five days is hard to ignore.
"How do you get this high cluster of serious cancer in just people that worked the pile? he said. "That isn't a coincidence."
sgaskell@nydailynews.com
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/10/12/2009-10-12_3_heroes_of_911_die_of_cancer_in_5_days.html#ixzz0TwapjU1O
Can Congress pass this medical support bill for first responder victims or would it endanger the official fiction about what happened at the WTC? An exotic weapon obviously turned most of the WTC to fine powder—wouldn’t want that fact to get out, now would we?
Three heroes of 9/11 die of cancer in five days
BY STEPHANIE GASKELL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, October 12th 2009, 4:44 AM
Robert Grossman, a police officer who worked at Ground Zero following 9/11, died of cancer on Friday.
RELATED NEWS
NYC terror suspect met with senior Qaeda operative: intelligence officials
Battle of the Badges ready to rumble: NYPD, FDNY set to lace up gloves
Editorial: Out of the line of fire
N.Y. 9/11 trial looms: Feds weigh moving terror kingpin, cohorts
Deaths of 9/11 front-liners renew talk of aid bill
A firefighter and two cops who worked at Ground Zero in the days and weeks after Sept. 11 have died of cancer in the past five days, the Daily News has learned.
Family members and advocates are blaming their deaths on toxins released into the air after the twin towers collapsed - and they're urging Congress to act on a bill that would help pay for their medical care.
"Everybody is denying that this stuff is connected to 9/11, but it is," said Stephen Grossman, whose son Robert died of cancer on Friday at the age of 44.
Robert Grossman was a police officer in Harlem who worked at Ground Zero for several weeks after Sept. 11.
"He never once said he was sorry he went down there," Grossman said. "None of them walked away even though they all knew it was really dangerous."
The day after Grossman passed away, Firefighter Richard Mannetta, 44, died of cancer. And last Wednesday, 37-year-old Police Officer Cory Diaz died of cancer.
Firefighter John McNamara, 44, died of cancer last month.
"Unfortunately, it's just going to happen more and more," Stephen Grossman said. "I hope next week there isn't four."
Grossman said even though his son lost his battle, there are still many more first responders who are sick.
"This country just says, 'That's fine. We'll just wait another 15 to 20 years and you'll all be dead and we'll all be sorry,'" he said. "This country is better than that."
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act - named after an NYPD detective who died from his post-9/11 ailments - is still sitting in Congress, and Grossman and others are urging lawmakers to act now.
"These three deaths are proof that we need this bill passed today - not a year from now," said John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation.
The bill would provide $10 billion for medical care for hundreds of first responders who have since become ill. But doctors haven't directly linked these illnesses to the World Trade Center.
"The facts are indisputable," said Kenny Specht, 40, a firefighter who worked for the NYPD on Sept. 11 and was diagnosed with thyroid cancer three years ago. "This week alone proves what we've been saying is absolutely occurring."
Feal said the deaths of Grossman, Diaz and Mannetta in a span of five days is hard to ignore.
"How do you get this high cluster of serious cancer in just people that worked the pile? he said. "That isn't a coincidence."
sgaskell@nydailynews.com
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/10/12/2009-10-12_3_heroes_of_911_die_of_cancer_in_5_days.html#ixzz0TwapjU1O
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