Settlement Reached to Pay Ground Zero Workers $657.5 Million

[Mira]

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thu, March 11, 2010 -- 8:04 PM ET
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Settlement Reached to Pay Ground Zero Workers $657.5 Million

A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the
cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers at ground
zero who sued the city over damage to their health, city
officials said.

They said the settlement would compensate about 10,000
plaintiffs according to the severity of their illnesses and
the level of their exposure to contaminants at the World
Trade Center site.

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[LakeSamish706]

1. Probably much to late for many! n/t

[Mira]

2. No Question about it. Michael Moore showed us some of it in "Sicko"

the suffering, the debilitation, and the rage at being ignored and pushed under the rug cannot be paid for ever.
We committed great sins in how we dealt with the victims.