First responders laud 9/11 health care bill passage
Quick ReadThe 9/11 health bill will give $7.4 billion to sickened first responders and those made ill from working at the WTC.
Photo credit: AP | Workers survey the ruins of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, as cleanup and searching for victims continued. (Oct. 2, 2001)
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Champions of the first responders at the World Trade Center who developed asthma, bronchial disorders and other conditions in the years after the terrorist attacks applauded Wednesday's passage of the 9/11 health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.
To those seeking medical care, compensation and health care monitoring, it was six years in the making.
"To me it's bittersweet...
