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Judge OK's WTC settlement that adds $125M to the deal
Photo credit: AP | Workers survey the ruins of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, as cleanup and searching for victims continued. (Oct. 2, 2001)
Ground Zero immediately after 9/11 photos
Sept. 11 aerial photos released
LIers working at Ground Zero in 2010
Three months after denouncing the first settlement plan for Ground Zero responders as too cheap, a federal judge in Manhattan gave a thumbs-up Thursday to a new plan adding $125 million to the pot to settle more than 10,000 health claims from police officers, firefighters and others who say they developed respiratory problems and cancers in the wake of Sept. 11.
"This is a very good deal,...
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