Sungazer's Wife 6 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Before: (SkyScraper, 1970's?) Today marks eleven years since September 11, 2001 occurred. Approximately 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the attacks on the towers, while more than 6,000 were injured from it. Many of the survivors and first responders were exposed to carcinogens; as many as fifteen different ones such as arsenic, asbestos, benzene, benzoapyrene, beryllium, butadiene, cadmium, chromium, formaldehyde, nickel, quartz, soot, sulfuric acid, and vinyl chloride (CDC, 2012). Previously, cancer victims who were survivors and first responders to the World Trade Center attacks were not compensated for their cancer treatments. While the terrorist attacks are a time to reflect on those who survived and those who have past on, we also give our gratitude and thanks to all the first responders, volunteers, armed forces members, and everybody else who assisted us in the recovery effort and continue to do so everyday. So, please take a moment of your time to thank somebody for their efforts to keep America a safer and better place to be. If you do not know somebody personally who was there at the terrorist attack sites helping out the victims, thank a service member for enlisting to keep our country safe. References: SkyScraper. 1970's. t_wtc.jpg (JPEG Image, 226 x 328 pixels). Retrieved from: http://www.skyscrape.../Pics/t_wtc.jpg CDC, 2012. World Trade Center Chemicals of Potential Concern and Selected Other Chemical Agents. Retrieved from: www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-115/pdfs/2012-115.pdf After: Today marks eleven years since September 11, 2001 occurred. Approximately 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the attacks on the towers, while more than 6,000 were injured from it. Many survivors and first responders were exposed to carcinogens such as: arsenic, asbestos, benzene, benzoapyrene, beryllium, butadiene, cadmium, chromium, formaldehyde, nickel, quartz, soot, sulfuric acid, and vinyl chloride, which are known to cause cancer. (CDC, 2012). Previously, cancer victims who were survivors and first responders to the World Trade Center attacks were not compensated for their cancer treatments, but a ruling came in on the eve of the eleventh saying that it was now covered under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and coverage would begin thirty days after its official publishing in the Federal Register on September 12, 2012. While the terrorist attacks are a time to reflect on those who survived and those who have passed on, we also give our gratitude and thanks to all the first responders, volunteers, armed forces members, and everybody else who assisted us in the recovery effort and continue to do so everyday. So, please take a moment of your time to thank somebody for their efforts to keep America a safer and better place to be. If you do not know somebody personally who was there at the terrorist attack sites helping out the victims, thank a service member for enlisting to keep our country safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Badfur 13 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Today marks eleven years since September 11, 2001 occurred. Approximately 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the attacks on the towers, while more than 6,000 were injured from it. Many of the survivors and first responders were exposed to carcinogens; as many as fifteen different ones such as: arsenic, asbestos, benzene, benzoapyrene, beryllium, butadiene, cadmium, chromium, formaldehyde, nickel, quartz, soot, sulfuric acid, and vinyl chloride (CDC, 2012). [Previously, cancer victims who were survivors and first responders to the World Trade Center attacks were not compensated for their cancer treatments.] This sentence seems out of place. You are not comparing it to anything, and starting the sentence with 'Previously' suggests there is a change from what was. While the terrorist attacks are a time to reflect on those who survived and those who have past passed on, we also give our gratitude and thanks to all the first responders, volunteers, armed forces members, and everybody else who assisted us in the recovery effort and continue to do so everyday. So, please take a moment of your time to thank somebody for their efforts to keep America a safer and better place to be. If you do not know somebody personally who was there at the terrorist attack sites helping out the victims, thank a service member for enlisting to keep our country safe. ---- Just a few thoughts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sungazer's Wife 6 Posted September 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thank you. Anybody else have a reccomendation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sungazer's Wife 6 Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Dissappointed in the rest of the news team... They didn't even bother to read this... Thank you Badfur. It will be posted within the next hour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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