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City to Begin Hearing 9/11 Health Cases
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Sabrina Jaszi
Published Feb 20, 2010
Modified Feb 20, 2010
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A Manhattan court will hear cases of a dozen firefighters, cops, ConEd and MTA employees who say working amid contaminants from Ground Zero is slowly killing them. The cases were chosen from a pool of more than 10,000 health complaints, all claiming illness after work at the WTC Manhattan site or at Fresh Kills on Staten Island. One man, firefighter Raymond Hauber, actually contracted esophageal cancer and died after 90 days of labor in the rubble, reports the Daily News. The city is treating these first cases—to begin on May 18—as test runs for others, and it’s cracking down on fakers. Many dubious cases are being thrown out like that of a Diabetic ConEd employee who weighed 400 lbs. and had heart problems prior to the WTC attacks.
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