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Push for Memorial Recognizing Those Who Died of 9/11 Illnesses

By SARAH DORSEY
Posted 5/5/14

There’s a memorial for the Sept.11 attacks. What is missing is a monument dedicated specifically to the first-responders and others sickened by World Trade Center toxins.

A gallery of first-responders, elected and union officials, and family members of the fallen May 2 announced a committee to change that, at a press conference at Silverstein Family Park, about a block from where the towers stood. Leaders of the city’s largest and most-powerful public-sector unions make up many of the panel’s proposed members.

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