Middle East Focus: NYC Retired Heroes Settle, Ride into the Sunset……………
NYC Retired Heroes Settle, Ride into the Sunset……………
“Ground Zero claims settlement called fair. A settlement for health claims by rescue and cleanup crews in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York is fair, the mayor and plaintiffs' lawyers
said. Thousands of rescue and cleanup personnel filed lawsuits against 90 defendants -- including the city and private companies hired to remove debris at ground zero -- saying their illnesses developed after they worked at Ground Zero. "If this settlement allows me to move on in my life, if it allows me to protect my family's future, I guess I don't have anything else to fight about," said one plaintiff, Kenny Specht, 41, a retired firefighter………..”
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