9/11 officer dies a couple of hours before his son attends SOTU as guest of Sen. Clinton

[Kadie]

9/11 officer dies, son attends 'Union'
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - A former New York policeman died Tuesday night as his 21-year-old son prepared to appear at the State of the Union speech to symbolize the desperate health problems of some Sept. 11 workers.

Cesar Borja, 52, had been in intensive care, breathing through a tube, at Mount Sinai Medical Center, awaiting a lung transplant.

His son, college student Ceasar Borja Jr., was invited by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., to attend President Bush's speech as a reminder of workers who were stricken with a host of illnesses after exposure to toxic World Trade Center debris.

The younger Borja learned of his father's death in a phone call while eating dinner around 6:30 p.m. EST. He still planned to attend the speech, which was scheduled to begin 2 1/2 hours later.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/state_of_union_clinton_s_guest_1

[jody]

1. I stay angry at politicians who fail to recognize and support men/women who keep this

great nation going while a greedy few bask in luxury, never going in harms way. :puke:

[stillcool]

2. Jeezus...

there's some cosmic stuff going on today.

[speedoo]

3. More blood on The Coward's hands.

He is resposible, through his own negligence and that of his incompetent administration, for the 9/11 catastrophe.

[Twist_U_Up]

4. Everybody knows

911 was an inside job.

Even Hillary

[Geek_Girl]

5. What the EPA did to those workers was criminal

So many of the post 9/11 clean up have major health problems. The EPA lied to these people telling them it was safe to work there.

[Kadie]

6. .

:kick: