Medical Aftermath of 9/11

                                    

Every American alive back in September 2001 will never forget that horrible day that the terrorists attacked our country and flew two planes into the World Trade Center towers. But, now over ten years later, the medical aftermath on the police and firefighter responders in taking its toll. The United States created the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act was created after a police detective who helped on 9/11 died in 2006 to improve and expand officers protection and services who helped our country on 9/11. However, this act does not include coverage for cancer and 65 officers have died from cancer that were present at 9/11 and 300 more have been diagnosed. I strongly believe that those who risked their lives for us on that terrible day should be receiving some of the best medical coverage we can offer, INCLUDING cancer. They did our country a great service on that day, and if their health is being affected because of the work they did, we should be able to help them.

The author of "Police Union Seeks Data for Cancer Links to 9/11", Colin Moynihan writes with a lot of logos and understanding of his audience. The logos appeal in this article is found with his citation of relevant people on the issue including Police Officer Alonzo Harris, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Patrick J. Lynch the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and Al O'Leary a union spokesperson. The understanding of his audience in this article is shown with his explanation of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, along with the past history of medical effects of 9/11. I do hope that cancer gets included in the medical coverage of the officers who were at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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Source: Moynihan, Colin . "Police Union Seeks Data to Cancer Links to 9/11." The New York Times 12 Feb. 2012, sec. N.Y./ Region: n. pag. The New York Times. Web. 17 Feb. 2012.