7 Years Later, Bush Still Blocks Health Care Funding for 9/11 Rescue Workers

[Omaha Steve]

My union (AFSCME) has lost three members to post 9-11 related sickness: http://www.afscme.org/publications/18043.cfm

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/09/11/7-years-later-bush-still-blocks-health-care-funding-for-911-rescue-workers/

by Mike Hall, Sep 11, 2008

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 that killed nearly 3,000 people, including some 600 union members.

At the World Trade Center, 343 of the dead were New York City firefighters. Says Fire Fighters (IAFF) President Harold Schaitberger:

No matter how many years pass, we must always remember the ultimate sacrifice made by our 343 fallen FDNY brothers after terrorists launched their cowardly attacks on the World Trade Centers.

We must always remember the thousands of IAFF members in Washington, D.C., and Virginia who risked their lives to pull hundreds of victims from the Pentagon.




This Day of Remembrance will live forever, in honor of the price these brave fire fighters made in the line of duty….We owe it to them to continue the fight make the lives of our members and the public safer.

In late August, New York firefighters delivered a large cross made out of steel from the World Trade Center North Tower to Shanksville, Pa., where United Flight 93 crashed. The cross is now part of a memorial site there.

FULL story at link.

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1. Did I ever mention what an a-hole he is?