World Trade Centre

New York Daily News - Home - The Pit's toll rising:

"Thousands more are sick, suffering from respiratory illnesses. Nearly 400 firefighters and paramedics have left the job because of career-ending illnesses that followed their work at Ground Zero.

'This was a toxic waste site,' says David Worby, the attorney for some 5,200 Ground Zero workers. 'People should have been walking around in moon suits. ... These guys are the tip of the iceberg.'"

There are 23 people who worked on the World Trade Centre clean up who have died. They have not as yet established a medical link between the site and the deaths but the number of pwopl becoming ill is worrying. There seems to be no way these people can lay their pain to rest. The amazing thing is how stalwart they are and how they are saying they would have gone and helped anyway. Doesn't say what the toxins on the site were and it's so sad that those who gave their time to be there to help are now paying a very high price. The medical bills seem to be endless and costly. I hope that all of this is worked out and that something can be discovered so that these people do not keep suffering.