"I'm Carl Person - Here Is What I Can Do, As Attorney General, for Health, Jobs and 9/11 Truth in New York
The second major healthcare problem for New Yorkers is the way in which our callous, uncaring government has dealt with the healthcare problems of the varied types of 9/11 victims and their families, including all of New Yorkers as victims of official lies and deception. If elected, I plan to help these different victim groups.
I can and plan to help
- the First Responders to the 9/11 tragedy;
- members of the fire, police and EMS services and other workers involved in 9/11 cleanup who have been treated unfairly by our governments; also,
- thousands of residents, employees and businesspersons living and working in the area have been victimized, as well as
- many of the 100,000 applicants for workmen's compensation, and
- New Yorkers seeking the truth about 9/11.
Healthcare and Compensation for the Many Forgotten Victims of 9/11
The treatment of many victims of 9/11 is scandalous. Most of the injuries from 9/11 relate to the events taking place at Ground Zero, but federal politicians have a very short memory. They are supplying trillions of dollars to fight oil wars in other countries, and spending very little for the victims of 9/11.
We need to do something for these forgotten victims.
Here are the victims and what I can and will do for them if I am elected: First Responders to Ground Zero
Thousands of persons went immediately to Ground Zero on 9/11 and for days thereafter to try to rescue victims, provide emergency medical treatment, recover bodies (and body parts), provide food and other needs of the rescue workers. Without limiting the list, these First Responders include police, firemen, ambulance drivers, EMS personnel, medical doctors, nurses, other medical personnel, other volunteers, and residents and workers in the area lending a hand.
They were not given adequate protection from the toxic air resulting from the events on 9/11 and were not warned about the danger they were facing about the air quality.
As a result, these First Responders bore the brunt of the toxicity of the air while the air quality was at its worst and as a group have suffered and will continue to suffer more than any other group.
We need to provide healthcare, research and compensation for these victims and investigate to see who, if anyone, is responsible for providing compensation and healthcare to the First Responders. Local Residents, Employees and Businesses
The same is true as to many local residents living in the Ground Zero area, employees who returned to their jobs located in the Ground Zero area, and businesspersons who returned to their businesses located in the Ground Zero area. Many of them are part of the First Responder group, and if not, a substantial number of them have been exposed to the toxicity of the air and have been victimized by the lack of any notice, warning and proper equipment to be able to live or work in the Ground Zero area on a regular basis during a period of time after 9/11.
This group of persons is also entitled to healthcare and compensation. Applicants for Workmen's Compensation Who Have Been Denied Compensation
More than 100,000 applicants for workmen's compensation were made based on 9/11 and many of such applications have been denied. Many of these denials of benefits seem to be unjust, and denied for the improper purpose of saving money for the insurance program and employers involved.
If elected, I would review this whole procedure to see to what extent the applications can be reopened and dealt with justly. Union Workers Denied 9/11 Benefits
Union workers generally receive less money than other types of employees in the Ground Zero area and are more readily victimized by denial of 9/11 benefits to them.
If elected, I would review the treatment of unionized employees with 9/11 related health problems to ensure that they obtain the healthcare and compensation to which they are entitled, especially as to compensation that goes beyond workmen's compensation. This requires determining whether there is culpability in any respects by the employers or others. Workmen's compensation does not prevent an employee from obtaining damages from his/her employer if the employer knew or should have known and have advised the employee accordingly. On the other hand, if the employer was merely negligent (as distinguished from grossly negligent) the employer would have no liability, and liability could only be placed on non-employers. [...]
Research Needed for the Unknown Victims
Many victims of 9/11 have become known as of July, 2006, almost 5 years after 9/11. The medical condition of many 9/11 victims is getting worse, and we need to do research to try to provide help to the present victims as their conditions worsen. We need to find ways to cope with and deter (or hopefully stop or cure) the worsening condition for present identifiable victims.
But there are perhaps one million additional victims (and I am making up this number; it could be far more or far fewer) of the air quality resulting from 9/11. We do not know the effect of the known (and of course unknown) toxicity of the air quality at Ground Zero starting on 9/11 and expanding outward (geographically) and forward (over time). It is fairly predictable that there will be an increase in respiratory problems, a decrease in life expectancy; an increase in infant deaths; an increase in unexplained illnessess; an increase in cancer; an increase in birth deformities, and so on.
What it is imperative that we do now is research to try to determine what health problems are developing and what we can do to predict, prevent, alleviate, cure and compensate for these future health problems. New York National Guard victims
Some members of te New York National Guard have been victimized by exposure to toxic air without protective apparatus both at Ground Zero and a radius beyond, as well as while doing tours in Iraq and other foreign countries.
We have got to keep these National Guard members in mind as to their healthcare problems and compensation while dealing with the other 9/11 healthcare and compensation issues.
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