There is reportedly new proof that shows the city didn’t do everything possible to protect firefighters who became sick after September 11th.
The Daily News says a lawyer representing more than 600 firefighters claims concealed city documents show all firefighters should have been equipped with respirators before the attacks.
The paper says the New York City Fire Department broke its guidelines by having only 600 respirators for more than 11,000 firefighters at the time.
According to the memos, the equipment was only handed out last summer.
The city’s lawyers deny the memos were hidden, and calls the issue irrelevant, because the city instituted a separate respirator policy after the attacks.
(Source: NY1)
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Well this seems easy enough to clear up. Look up what the policy was in 2011…
“FDNY Lacked Proper Breathing Equipment on 9/11”.
No breathing equipment would have saved the lives of these heroic firefighters; they had no chance. What they needed was good communications instructing them out of the inferno. The NYPD, it seems had better notice; for the men in blue were retreating as the fire- heroes were advancing.
How does this help us now??!!