Posted on 01/08/2006 11:12:51 AM PST by saquin
A young police detective who spent nearly 500 hours sifting through rubble at Ground Zero has died of a lung disease connected to his cleanup efforts, police union officials said yesterday.
James Zadroga, 34, who died Thursday at his parents' New Jersey home, retired from the NYPD in July 2004 because of his deteriorating health. He is the first emergency worker to die from constant exposure to the Sept. 11 wreckage at the World Trade Center, said Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association.
A high-ranking police source said the department does not have the medical authority to link Zadroga's death to his work at Ground Zero.
An autopsy was being done by the Ocean County, N.J., medical examiner's office.
Zadroga was inside Building 7 at the World Trade Center when it began to collapse on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001. After narrowly escaping death, he spent nearly 500 hours over the next month and a half at the site, searching for victims amid tons of debris and dirt, Palladino said.
According to Palladino, many detectives even stayed at the site beyond their daily tours of duty, working on their own time.
Zadroga became ill about a month after returning to the Manhattan South Precinct in late 2001. He died at his parents' home in Little Egg Harbor, N.J., of black lung disease and mercury on the brain, Palladino said.
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Thanks for the ping!
In times of crisis, the best will step up. Let us remember their sacrifice with honor....
I remember a few stories about doctored memos on that air quality testing. They are posted here at FR, someplace.
After listening to the all but honest "anti-smoking" ads here in Minnesota, obviously his lung disease was second hand smoke related.
He should have known better. /s
God give him eternal peace.
>>>>Yes rescues are important but are they worth the additional cost in lives due to ill equipped, improperly trained "heroes"?
??!!??
What? So, when the buses came for us to help in NYC...should we all have stood at the bus door and evaluated whether the conditions were adequate and if the buried victims were worth saving??
Are you serious??!!!
Mercury
OSHA has taken 242 air samples for inorganic mercury. No mercury was detected. Also, 36 bulk samples previously collected from rubble were re-analyzed for mercury and none was detected. Additionally, 10 bulks were taken on 1/3, with one sample detecting mercury at 0.9ppm and nine samples did not contain mercury. 38 bulk samples were taken between 1/8 and 1/11/02; results indicate 0.1 to 0.2 ppm mostly in around the footprint of Bldg.-6, and in the pit between WTC tower 1&2. 10 bulks taken on 6/5, inside 130 Cedar, detected mercury from 0.3 to 0.5 ppm. One bulk taken in 130 Cedar on the 8th floor in the lab area (off floor below lab table) detected 10.0 ppm mercury.
Exactly!
The story is BS....
Offices everywhere are chock full of comfort, productivity, and contentment.
Until a forceful change is brought about by fanatics....
Lest we forget.
Another hero gone - too soon - to his rest.
RIP, James.
Where did you get this info. As I am involved in environmental monitoring (for other types of issues), these numbers of samples seem very low for such a long-term and large area situation. I would expect to see thousands of samples, not dozens or hundreds.
I didn't follow all the stories on it that closely. I've no idea who OSHA is vs. the misrepresented EPA results.
Boring......
God bless you.
http://www.newyorkcitycommunity.com/ground0.htm
I didn't take the first one, that is an aerial shot. I am quite obedient to the laws of gravity :P
Follow the link.
Did you take that picture? I mean . . . damn.
I have chills.
bttt
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