After years of ignoring the problem, the Senate voted 97 to 2 today to renew the Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act for those sick from their exposure to the World Trade Center after 9/11 workers.
Senator Gillibrand, the sponsor of the bill told the Senate, “The eyes of the nation are looking at this chamber today to see if we finally will stand by our 9/11 heroes for the rest of their lives. This should never have been a fight, it should never have taken this long to pass this bill and make it permanent,” report Devlin Barrett and Kayla Epstein for the Washington Post.
