LIers among those lobbying for 9/11 health bill in D.C.
Photo credit: Jay Paul | John Gallagher, and more than 300 people gathered on the west lawn of the Capitol Building Wednesday morning to demand passage of the Zadroga 9/11 health bill, which would reopen a victims compensation fund to new claims. (Sept. 11, 2010)
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WASHINGTON - More than 300 people, including many from Long Island, walked the halls of Congress Wednesday to plead for support for the Zadroga 9/11 health bill, which would reopen a victims' compensation fund to new claims.
Busloads of people organized by the FealGood Foundation, a first-responders advocacy group, trekked to the Capitol early in the morning to lobby for the $7.4-billion bill.
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