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by Anthony DePalma


  mercury levels, 94

  mesothelioma, 102

  asbestos, 19

  Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 318

  Mexico City, 1985 earthquake, 43

  Miele, Joel A., 154

  Mills, Edward, 173

  missed opportunities, 288

  Bush administration, 294–295

  command structure, 292

  EPA, 290–292

  federal government, 297

  New York City, 295

  OSHA, 289

  Moline, Dr. Jacqueline, 224

  monitoring and treatment program, 93–97

  Moore, Michael, 277

  motion to dismiss, 268

  Mount Sinai Medical Center

  9/11 studies, 223–225

  9/11 study 2006, 218–223

  J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental, 100, 107, 110

  respirator requirements for ground zero, 106

  World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, 113–116

  multiple myeloma, 223–224

  myeloma, 223–225

  N

  Nadler, Rep. Jerrold, 150, 153, 171–174

  EPA cleanup, 165

  Napoli, James, 251

  Napoli, Paul, 247–252, 258, 262, 282

  National Contingency Plan, 155

  National Guard troops, 50

  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 93, 108, 183

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 11

  National Toxicology Program, 19

  New Jersey Task Force One, 128

  New York City

  emergency command center, 27–29

  immunity, 268–272

  insurance company created to defend the city, 263

  lawsuits, 263

  missed opportunities, 295

  New York City Department of Health, 77

  New York City School construction Authority, 49

  New York Daily News, 186–187

  New York Environmental Law & Justice Project, 65

  New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), 146

  New York State Department of Health, deaths, 277–278

  New York state workers’ compensation, 184

  New York Stock Exchange, reopening of, 38

  New York’s State Defense Emergency Act, 269

  Newman, Dr. Bertram, 136

  NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), 93, 112, 108, 183

  normalcy

  need for, 34

  restoring, 41

  number exposed to dust, 240

  NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group), 146

  O

  O’Connell, Dan, 255

  O’Neill, Paul, 37

  Obama administration, Zadroga bill, 311

  occupational disease, 110

  occupational illness, 223

  occupational medicine, 109

  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 40, 53–54, 289–290

  air quality, 40

  respirators, 289

  Office of Emergency Management, 151

  ombudsman, EPA, 155

  Oppelt, E. Timothy, 163–164

  OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), 40, 53–54, 289–290

  air quality, 40

  respirators, 289

  Ott, Ed, 107, 112, 174

  Otto, Dr. Cynthia, 130

  P

  P100 OVAG respirators, 49

  P100 respirators, 48

  panel to study aftermath of World Trade Center attacks, 160–164

  parents, fighting against school board, 151

  Pataki, Gov. George E., 174

  Paterson, Gov. David A, 282

  Patton Boggs, 264

  people, number exposed to dust, 240

  Pepe, Lieut. Butch, 120

  perception, 215–218, 311

  personal protective equipment rules for sorting debris, 56

  pH values, 23

  phase-contrast microscopy, 36

  Philip, Dr. Sneha Anne, 313

  Pienciak, Richard, 75–76

  police departments, 50

  police officers, brawl with firefighters, 293

  Police Pension Fund, 242

  politics, 172–179

  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 162

  polymyositis, 125–127, 306

  Port Authority, lawsuits, 282

  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 91

  Powell, Colin, 35

  press conferences, announcing class-action lawsuit, 254

  presumptive proof, 309–311

  Prezant, Dr. David, 82–91, 95–97, 160, 302, 306

  cancer, 307

  Dunn-Jones, Felicia Gail, 200

  Fullam, Marty, 126

  sarcoidosis, 203

  proving links to dust, 191, 193

  PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorders), 91

  public perception, 311

  public trust, 300

  Pulitzer, Daily News, 214

  R

  radiation, 303

  radios of firefighters, 272–273

  “reasonable degree of medical certainty,” 192

  recovery mission, 57

  removal of bodies, 61

  registries of workers, 115

  Reibman, Dr. Joan, 112, 158

  reopening

  New York Stock Exchange, 38

  Wall Street, 37–38

  replicating effects of dust, 19

  rescue dogs, 128–134

  research, 301–302, 306

  respirators, 52, 265–266

  OSHA, 289

  P100, 48

  P100 OVAG, 49

  when and where to wear, 59–60

  respiratory problems, 305–306

  responders, number of, 217

  restoring normalcy, 41

  Riley, Robert H., 282

  Robson, Mark, 14

  Rogers, Kathleen, 136

  Rogers, Kevin, 134–137, 192

  Rossol, Monona, 70

  S

  safety, 293

  personal protective equipment rules, 56

  workplace safety rules, 53–54

  safety standards, asbestos, 35–37

  safety violations, fines for, 54

  samples of dust, collected by Joel Kupferman, 69–72

  sampling stations, EPA, 49

  sarcoidosis, 199–200, 203–305

  Sawyer, William, 254

  schools, 152

  closing of, 150–152

  Fox Lane High School, 241

  Stuyvesant High School, 151

  Schumer, Senator Charles, 153, 173

  $1 billion fund, 265

  screening programs, World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening, 113–116

  Seabrook Nuclear Plant, 68

  Search and Rescue Dog Foundation, 133

  Second Circuit Court, 271

  Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 256

  selection bias, 216

  self-reported data, 216

  Selikoff, Dr. Irving, 101–102, 109, 246

  September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, 175–180, 185, 294

  Atlas, Sarah, 133

  Dunn-Jones, Felicia Gail, 199–201

  settlement, 274–275, 317–324

  negotiations, 282–283

  7 World Trade Center, 135

  Sexton, Joe, 210–211

  Shields, Scott, 277

  Shoreham nuclear plant, 66

  Shufro, Joel, 107

  Siegel de Hernandez, Micki, 164

  Silverstein, Larry, 45

  Silvestre, Edmund, 213–214

  slag wool, 103, 162

  social justice, 66–68

  sorting through debris, 55–56

  Southwest Forestry Service, 51

  special masters, 279, 323

  Spraque, Bruce, 77

  State Defense Emergency Act, 269

  state workers’ compensati
on, 180

  Stellman, Jeanne Mager, 163

  Stewart, Jon, 188

  storage of dust samples, 24

  studies of 9/11

  death study (New York State Department of Health), 277–278

  results of

  Mount Sinai studies, 223–225

  Mount Sinai study 2006, 218–223

  reliability of, 217

  Stuyvesant High School, 151

  summary judgment, 266–267

  Superfund hazardous waste site, 290–291

  Szeinuk, Dr. Jaime, 101

  Szema, Dr. Anthony M., 158

  T

  Tango (rescue dog), 132

  Teitel, Stanley, 151

  testing equipment, 77

  Times, Borja, Cesar, 210–214

  Touro Law Center, 67

  towers, collapse of, 16

  “A Toxic Nightmare at Disaster Site,” 76

  trade center health registry, 174

  transmission electron microscopy, 36

  trust, 300, 315

  truth, 311–312

  Tully, 58

  Turner Construction, 58

  Twerski, Aaron D., 258, 279

  Tyrell Jr., James E., 261–264, 269, 279, 318

  U

  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 22

  unions, construction workers. See construction workers

  United Asbestos and Rubber Company, 102

  upper-respiratory problems, 305

  USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), 22

  V

  Valentin, Mike, 137–143, 275

  Vallebuona, Ernie, 137–142, 275, 143

  victim’s list, 192

  Dunn-Jones, Felicia Gail, 202–204

  Godbee, Jr., James, 205–206

  reconsiderations for, 225

  Zadroga, James, 229–234

  vitreous fibers, 162

  Volpe, Richard, 244, 252, 320

  Von Essen, Tom, 92

  W

  Walcott, John, 241–244, 252, 275, 320

  Wall Street, 34

  reopening of, 37–38

  Washington, Rudy, 45

  Weiden, Dr. Michael, 84

  Weinstein, Judge Jack B., 274

  Weisel, Dr. Clifford, 12

  Wells, Charlie, 86

  West Nile Virus spraying, 71

  Whitman, Christine Todd, 11, 34, 38, 155

  Superfund sites, 291

  testimony, 188

  Woodward, Bob, 312

  Worby, David, 241–247, 252, 262

  class-action lawsuit, 253–259

  workplace safety rules, 53–54

  World Trade Center, 103

  World Trade Center cough, 96

  World Trade Center Health Registry, 115

  World Trade Center Medical Working Group, 304

  World Trade Center Registry, 303

  World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, 113–116

  Worth Leather, 66

  Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Company, 249

  X-Y-Z

  Zadroga bill, 309, 319

  Obama administration, 311

  Zadroga, James, 181–185, 192–193, 226–228

  anniversary of death, 304

  autopsy, 229, 231

  Distinguised Service medal, 237

  victim’s list, 225, 229–234

  Zadroga, Joe, 227–228, 232

  coming to terms with death of his son, 237

  feelings toward Michael Bloomberg, 236

  Zadroga, Joseph, 183

  Zadroga, Ronda, 227

 

 

 


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