And? Nobody there saw everything that went on or knows what every person there was told or provided.
What we DO know is what I posted - that obviously not everyone wore protective gear and some died as a result of rare lung problems traced to their exposure. And we know that the government told everyone the air was safe to breathe and to move back into the area long before it was actually safe to breathe. Do you think governments never screw up or that it's only the feds who screw up? On Mar 21, 2:17 pm, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > I am one of the moderators here. Dick while anonymous to you is not so to > me. We have a sustained off-board relationship. While I do not always agree > with his ideologies I do trust implicitly that which he claims to have seen, > experienced or accomplished first-hand. He is definitely not given to > "embellishment" either for his own or others benefit. > > While I am sure that NO person saw or contacted "every" person entering or > leaving the site I know he had and has a 24 hour birds eye view of what went > on and was indeed one of the "controlled" group INSIDE the effected area.; > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:00 PM, reallyconservative < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > You prefer claims from an anonymous message board poster to court > > documents and links from newspapers. You think Dick managed to see > > and account for the experience of every single person at Ground Zero. > > Got it. > > > On Mar 21, 1:56 pm, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > " And I provided proof of > > > those claims. You asked why the city was sued - THAT is why." > > > > I know EXACTLY where Dick Thompson lives and he is indeed right in the > > > middle of the affected area ... I prefer and believe first hand info over > > > that posted by some third party or some one with "money to lose" by being > > > honest. > > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:48 AM, reallyconservative < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > In the first place you have to acquire the > > > > respirators before you can get them to the area. > > > > -- > > > > > According to the link above that you apparently chose not to read, > > > > that was supposed to have been done long before 9/11/01. > > > > > And I've made no claims whatsoever, other than there were apparently a > > > > lot of people working and living there who didn't wear masks and that > > > > they were assured the air quality was fine. And I provided proof of > > > > those claims. You asked why the city was sued - THAT is why. > > > > > On Mar 21, 1:46 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > And you base that on what? Define proper warnings. Tell me how > > you > > > > > get all the required respirators to all those at Ground Zero on Day > > One > > > > > after what had just happened and the number of people who either live > > or > > > > > work in that area. In the first place you have to acquire the > > > > > respirators before you can get them to the area. Then you have to > > > > > transport them to the area. Once you do, unless you are bulldogging > > > > > everyone, some are not going to heed the warnings. And I am > > supposed > > > > > to believe that one? I only know that what I saw and what I > > experienced > > > > > and what the man who lived next door experienced at Ground Zero. He > > > > > was a heavy equipment operator and volunteered for 3 weeks operating > > the > > > > > heavy equipment to help clear out Ground Zero. Neither of us saw > > what > > > > > you claim happened and both of us saw the EMT and the fire dept and > > the > > > > > police dept and the way they handled things. That most definitely > > does > > > > > not agree with your claims at all and we were there. > > > > > > reallyconservative wrote: > > > > > > Yes, everyone who disagrees with you is a liar and full of shit. > > >http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/28/2010-02-28_a_911_smoki. > > > > .. > > > > > > > No - the city and feds never told people the air was safe to > > breathe: > > > > > > >http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/02/07/usat-wtc-acov.htm > > > > > > > Nah, there was no problem with enforcing regulations that required > > > > > > people to wear respirators: > > > > > > > Remarkably, not one fatal accident occurred on the pile. But the > > > > > > city�s inspectors found that by late October, only 29 percent of > > > > > > ground zero workers were wearing the sophisticated respirators that > > > > > > were required by OSHA. Even Mr. Giuliani sometimes showed up > > without > > > > > > one. > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/nyregion/14giuliani.html?_r=1&pagew. > > > > .. > > > > > > > Nah, no ground zero workers or residents have died from rare lung > > > > > > diseases: > > >http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/post_911_sarcoidosis > > > > > > > And while I agree that if the masks and proper warnings were indeed > > > > > > provided to everyone in danger, those who chose to not wear them > > have > > > > > > nobody to blame but themselves, it doesn't appear that the proper > > > > > > warnings were provided NOR the respirators to all of those at > > Ground > > > > > > Zero from day one. > > > > > > > On Mar 20, 11:11 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > >> As one who worked in that area, you are full of s*it. The city > > had > > > > > >> special setups all over the place with EMT, face masks, bottled > > > > liquids > > > > > >> 24/7 for weeks after the event. We were not even permitted to go > > to > > > > > >> work for 3 weeks and even then they still had all the EMT, face > > masks, > > > > > >> bottled liquids after that. The technicians were all over the > > place > > > > to > > > > > >> see that people were safe. What more could they do. I know what > > they > > > > > >> did. I was there. I worked in that area. I have emphysema and > > they > > > > > >> sure saw that I was safe. You really do not know what you are > > talking > > > > > >> about. > > > > > > >> reallyconservative wrote: > > > > > > >>> Not true. Apparently there were a ton of toxins (including > > asbestos > > > > > >>> and benzene) in that rubble. And the workers were told not to > > > > concern > > > > > >>> themselves with it and to go about their business. That's > > > > > >>> negligence. The city (or the leaders of the first responders) > > should > > > > > >>> have made sure all of them wore protective masks before digging > > in > > > > > >>> that rubble. > > > > > > >>> On Mar 20, 10:34 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > >>>> Why in the hell would ANYONE get a settlement unless they were > > suing > > > > > >>>> al-Qaeda ??? The only "fault" or action lies with them..... > > > > > > >>>> Talk about drinkin' kool-aid !!!!!!! > > > > > > >>>> On Mar 20, 1:12 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > >>>>> Originally published 12:05 a.m., March 20, 2010, > > updated > > > > 12:30 > > > > > >>>>> a.m., March 20, 2010 > > > > > > >>>>> Judge rejects settlement for 9/11 rescuers > > > > > > >>>>> ASSOCIATED PRESS > > > > > > >>>>> NEW YORK | A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal > > settlement > > > > that > > > > > >>>>> would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by > > ash > > > > and > > > > > >>>>> dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged > > > > 10,000 > > > > > >>>>> ground zero workers whom he called heroes. > > > > > > >>>>> "In my judgment, this settlement is not enough," said U.S. > > District > > > > > >>>>> Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who delivered his pronouncement to a > > > > stunned > > > > > >>>>> gallery at a federal courthouse in Manhattan. > > > > > > >>>>> Rising from his chair, the 76-year-old jurist said he feared > > police > > > > > >>>>> officers, firefighters and other laborers who cleared rubble > > after > > > > the > > > > > >>>>> Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks were being pushed into signing a > > deal > > > > few > > > > > >>>>> of them understood. > > > > > > >>>>> Under the terms of the settlement, workers had been given just > > 90 > > > > days > > > > > >>>>> to say yes or no to a deal that would have assigned them > > payments > > > > based > > > > > >>>>> on a point system that Hellerstein said was complicated enough > > to > > > > make a > > > > > >>>>> Talmudic scholar's head spin. > > > > > > >>>>> "I will not preside over a settlement that is based on fear or > > > > > >>>>> ignorance," he said. > > > > > > >>>>> Of the proposed settlement of $575 million to $657 million, > > workers > > > > > >>>>> stood to get amounts ranging from a few thousand dollars to > > more > > > > than $1 > > > > > >>>>> million. > > > > > > >>>>> Hellerstein said the deal should be richer. Too much of it > > would be > > > > > >>>>> eaten up by legal fees, he said. > > > > > > >>>>> A third or more of the money set aside for the workers was > > expected > > > > to > > > > > >>>>> go to their lawyers. Some plaintiffs had agreed at the start of > > the > > > > case > > > > > >>>>> to give as much as 40 percent of any judgment to cover fees and > > > > > >>>>> expenses. That might have meant $200 million or more going to > > > > attorneys. > > > > > > >>>>> Hellerstein, who presides over all federal court litigation > > related > > > > to > > > > > >>>>> the terror attacks, ripped into the agreement after hearing > > several > > > > > >>>>> ground zero responders speak tearfully of their illnesses and > > after > > > > > >>>>> receiving letters and phone calls from others expressing > > confusion > > > > about > > > > > >>>>> the deal. > > > > > > >>>>> He said he was speaking "from the heart" out of great > > compassion > > > > for the > > > > > >>>>> thousands of men and women who spent time at ground zero. > > > > > > >>>>> It wasn't immediately clear whether the judge's actions would > > kill > > > > the > > > > > >>>>> settlement entirely. > > > > > > >>>>> The deal had taken years to negotiate and was announced March > > 11, > > > > with > > > > > >>>>> about two months to go until the first trials. > > > > > > >>>>> A spokeswoman for the law partnership that negotiated the > > > > settlement on > > > > > >>>>> behalf of the workers said she had no comment on the judge's > > > > remarks. > > > > > > >>>>> Christine LaSala, president of the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a > > > > special > > > > > >>>>> insurance entity created by Congress to represent the city in > > the > > > > > >>>>> lawsuit, said the judge "has now made it more difficult, if not > > > > > >>>>> impossible, for the people bringing these claims to obtain > > > > compensation > > > > > >>>>> and a settlement." > > > > > > >>>>> She said the lawyers would confer with city officials and > > ... > > read more » -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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