Doctors: Most 9-11 Workers Still Ailing

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20031029/ap_on_he_me/attacks_health

NEW YORK - Most ground zero workers still suffer from health problems two years after Sept. 11 and many do not have health insurance or job security, doctors told a congressional panel Tuesday.

Several of the workers testified at a Manhattan hospital before the committee, saying they had trouble breathing, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and no longer had the strength to do their old jobs.

"I can't tell you how hard it is living like this," said David Rapp, a construction worker who spent five months at the World Trade Center site and now always carries an oxygen tank and uses three inhalers. "The fear of not being able to take my next breath is unbearable."

Rapp said he built docks and rebuilt cars before Sept. 11, 2001, but can no longer take out his garbage or change a flat tire.

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[PartyPooper]

1. This is so unbelievable!

Is anyone doing anything for these folks? And, why did Senator Clinton vote for this new EPA guy? I understood that early on she was a holdout...because of the environmental hazards in N.Y. following 9/11. What changed her mind? Is he going to do something?

[Lisa]

2. thanks for posting

I'm accumulating a depressingly-large collection of stories on this. The fact that health problems are persisting for so long is a very bad sign -- and suggests that some of the predictions about long-term damage are going to come true.

Is Bush going to be there for these people? (grimly) Don't hold your breath!

[proud patriot]

3. so sad

but at the same time infuriated

[DUreader]

4. EPA said it was safe

[dArKeR]

5. Ground zero workers in poor health - MSGOP

Most ground zero workers still suffer from health problems two years after Sept. 11 and many do not have health insurance or job security, doctors told a congressional panel Tuesday.

http://msnbc.com/news/986491.asp?0cv=CB20