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9/11 first responders dedicated to helping others
Photo credit: Joe Epstein | John Feal, a first-responder at Ground Zero, has tattoos that commemorate Sept. 11. A contractor from Nesconset, Feal started the "Feal Good Foundation" to help raise awareness of the health problems suffered by people who worked at Ground Zero. (Sept. 8, 2009)
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Ground Zero: Eight years later
Ken Sprecht, Mike Valentin and John Feal share a hard-earned belief: The declaration of Sept. 11 as a national day of service and remembrance by congressional passage and presidential signature seemed a gesture that, in real terms, was too late and too little.
That's because the three Long Island men - all first responders at Ground Zero - say they, and others like them, already have dedicated...
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