Does $71,300 per person sound like a good deal to you for what they went through?

$713 Million WTC Health Settlement A 'Very Good' Deal: Judge


A federal judge signed off on a legal settlement Thursday that could pay as much as $713 million to 9/11 responders exposed to World Trade Center dust, and immediately urged thousands of police, firefighters and construction workers to take the deal.

U.S. District Judge Hellerstein gave his enthusiastic endorsement to the proposed package just three months after sternly rejecting an earlier plan that would have put less money into the hands of ground zero workers who got sick after breathing the toxic ash.

"This is a very good deal. I am very excited about this deal," Hellerstein said. "There are 10,000 people out there, and I hope 100 percent come into it."

Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/10/713-million-wtc-health-se_n_607774.html

Here's what they were breathing in...Doesn't seem worth it now, does it?

The Battle of 9/11 Ailing First Responders

Of course, the workers were not racking up triple- to four-digit hourly fees plus expenses. They did get to inhale for some period of time Ground Zero’s toxic brew straight from Pandora’s open box. That would be . . .

* Over 400 tons of asbestos, which inhaled in any quantity, cannot be expelled by the lungs.
* 90,000 liters of jet fuel containing benzene, a carcinogen that suppresses the immune system and causes leukemia.
* Mercury from over 500,000 fluorescent lights that is toxic to the nervous system, and damagingespecially to the kidneys.
* 200,000 pounds of lead and cadmium from personal computers toxic to the respiratory tract, especially damaging to kidneys.
* Polycystic aromatic hydrocarbons that cause lung, laryngeal and throat cancers.
* 130,000 gallons of transformer oil, which contains PCBs ad causes serious skin rashes and liver damage.
* Crystalline Silica from 420,000 tons of concrete, sheetrock and glass (tiny particulates that lodge in the heart, causing ischemic heart disease).

Link:
http://www.877wtchero.com/blog/the-battle-of-911-ailing-first-responders.html

Here's what Larry Silverstein received in his settlement...

Silverstein, Insurers Reach $2 Billion WTC Settlement

Developer Larry Silverstein and seven insurance companies agreed to a $2 billion settlement to end an almost six-year dispute over the value of the insurance policies covering the World Trade Center.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo announced the settlement at a news conference in lower Manhattan. The agreement will bring to about $4.55 billion the total insurance proceeds Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will receive.

Silverstein, the leaseholder on the World Trade Center, had battled with insurance companies in federal court since a month after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks over how much the policies were worth. The settlement gives the developer and the Port Authority, the site's owner, the cash to help rebuild the 16- acre property. The insurers have already paid about $2.55 billion.

Link:
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=22149