Gideon Resnick
speaker
4,851 appearances
63 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 2d ago
Gideon Resnick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Today marks the 25th anniversary of 9-11.
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As ceremonies to honor the 2,977 people killed that day take place across the country, New York magazine has a news story about a group of victims still growing today.
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When the World Trade Center collapsed, a toxic plume of air engulfed lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
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According to CDC estimates, at least 400,000 people were exposed, though medical experts believe the number is much higher.
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And tens of thousands of people have developed serious illnesses in the months and years since.
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Lucas Alpert wrote about his experience for New York Mag.
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He was working for the Associated Press on 9-11, and he reported from ground zero for several weeks after.
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Local officials were quick to tell New Yorkers that despite the wreckage around them, the air was safe to breathe, and repeatedly assured them it was okay to go back to school and business as usual.
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But as more data emerged and people from the area began to develop health problems, it was clear that it was not as safe as people had been told.
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And in 2003, the EPA released a report acknowledging their shortcomings in conveying information to the public about the safety of the air.
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Alpert says, like many of the people who got sick in the years after 9 11, he didn't initially connect his health issues to the air that he was exposed to back then.
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So he didn't realize he was eligible.
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eligible to receive support from the World Trade Center Health Program and Victims Compensation Fund, which provides care and health monitoring to people who develop illnesses connected to the attack.
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Close to 155,000 people have signed up since 2001.
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And last year saw the highest number of new people enrolled on record.
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But Alpert says, many people still have not applied.
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Congress has authorized funding for the program through 2090, with the expectation that more victims will enroll as more illnesses emerge with time.
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This week, New York City's mayor Zoran Mamdani criticized the response of his predecessors and released a trove of documents from the immediate aftermath of 9 11, like air quality reports, contamination records, and correspondence among city officials.
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Today, at the September 11th Memorial, former presidents.
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Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton are gathering to honor the victims of the attack.
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