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Remember the walking wounded

Thousands of Ground Zero workers are suffering respiratory and other health problems that could last a lifetime or, in some cases, eventually kill them.

Remember the walking wounded

RUBÉN ROSARIO

2,749.

This is the official death toll of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks five years ago at the World Trade Center.

But the tally might rise by hundreds, if not thousands, by the time the last word is written on the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

I'll pause to pray and pay tribute to those who died in the attacks. But today, I'm writing about the residual victims of the attacks and building collapses in lower Manhattan.

They are the walking wounded of Sept. 11. Their plight is not well known outside New York City. Their names probably will never be etched on a plaque. Perhaps they should be someday.

I'm talking here about many of the 40,000 cops, firefighters, construction workers and others who braved toxic fumes and dust to sift through the 2 million tons of rubble at Ground Zero in search of survivors and, later, remains... (Read More)


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