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Monday, April 27, 2015
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Dj Tecnine's Reflection as a 9/11 WTC Rescuer - 10 Years Later
I am Carlos Negron, a life long Jersey City resident and retired EMT that served on the Plainfield Rescue Squad and Tour Chief for West New York EMS at the time. On September 11, 2001 I was on duty as an EMT working in Plainfield, NJ at the Plainfield Rescue Squad when the attacks took place. When the first plane struck we had just walked in the emergency room of Muhlenberg Hospistal in the city. At that point no one knew what was going on except that a plane hit one of the towers. We went on another call and when arrived back at the E.R. we encountered news footage of the second plane barreling into the second tower. After the second plane hit we were immediately activated by CENCOM to respond to the Staten Island side of the Ferry terminal to aid in the rescue efforts. As we overstocked our ambulances we heard news that first tower had collapsed, we left immediately after that. En route we heard that the second tower had collapsed also. As we race down Interstate 278 towards the Narrows Bridge we encountered heavy traffic up to a certain point, then the police bottle-necked the road into one exit and we had a clear run from then on. After that we only encountered a few dozen deserted cars. It felt like an apocalypse was happening. Our 3 ambulance convoy kept in touch via short wave radio, we were all hoping what we heard on the radio wasn't true. I was the first in the convoy to get on the Narrows Bridge along with my Captain Tyshaun Hawkins, as we looked to our North our worst fears were confirmed. It was surreal, all we saw was a cloud of smoke. The towers we gone. We arrived at the terminal at around 11am and my team was there for the arrival of the last ferry from Manhattan that had mostly walking wounded. My team only treated and released one person. When we were released from the terminal around 3pm our convoy was asked to report to Liberty State Park back here in Jersey City. From there we would head over to Exchange Place to wait for more wounded, only one arrived by boat and we rushed him on to the waiting stretcher of the next in-line ambulance. Later on that night we went over on a tug boat to deliver supplies and assist. That was the start of a grueling 6 day search and rescue on my part. The worst news came on the morning of September 12 when the news was broken to me that a lifelong family friend and Jersey City Fire dispatcher Joseph Lovero was killed from a massive heart-attacked after being struck with a piece of the first falling tower. It's still hard to imagine. Their is so much I remember and would like to forget about those 6 days I was there and everything that took place. All I could say is rest in peace Joe! We will never forget all our fallen brothers and sisters lost on September 11, 2001.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Program won't cover 9/11 responders for cancer
This is sad being that I am a WTC Rescuer myself. - Dj Tecnine
New York (CNN) -- Workers who were involved in the response to the World Trade Center attack will not have their cancer treatments compensated under a program set up after September 11, according to a controversial decision released Tuesday by the World Trade Center Health Program.
There is inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" that a causal link exists between September 11 exposures and the occurrence of cancer in responders and survivors, program Administrator John Howard said in a statement.
The decision forms part of the first periodic review of what the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act will provide.
After a lengthy battle, President Obama signed the $4.2 billion legislation in January to provide health care for those who helped clear the rubble and search for human remains at the World Trade Center site in New York.
"As new research and findings are released, we will continue to do periodic reviews of cancer" for the program, Howard said, with the next review expected in early to mid-2012.
Some of the New York lawmakers who originally hailed the legislation are now speaking out against the exclusion of cancer.
"As the sponsors of the Zadroga Act, we are disappointed that Dr. Howard has not yet found sufficient evidence to support covering cancers," Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler and Republican Rep. Peter King, who wrote the act, said in a joint statement.
"This is disappointing news for 9/11 responders and survivors who tragically have been diagnosed with cancer since the attacks and are suffering day to day and awaiting help," they said.
"So many people have gotten such rare cancers -- and at such young ages -- that it seems obvious there must be a link," Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement.
He labeled the report "premature" and said revision will "demonstrate that those who were exposed to the witches' brew of toxins at ground zero have developed serious illnesses, including cancer, and deserve justice."
Many survivors are similarly disheartened.
"It's very disappointing, very heartbreaking," said Reggie Hillaire, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer in 2005.
Doctors told the New York police officer, who's 34, that developing such a cancer was "really, really rare so young."
"I've met so many people who were police officers at the same time who have these cancers, and we're all about the same age."
Hillaire, who worked at the site for 11 days and then at the Staten Island Landfill for 63 days, has also been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Cancer treatment being covered by the program "would have brought some closure. ... It feels like it's never going to end," he said.
"It's very unfortunate. My doctors think (the cancer's) directly linked" to the September 11 exposure, said Al Schille, a New York Police Department detective who also suffers from multiple myeloma cancer.
There is inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" that a causal link exists between September 11 exposures and the occurrence of cancer in responders and survivors, program Administrator John Howard said in a statement.
The decision forms part of the first periodic review of what the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act will provide.
After a lengthy battle, President Obama signed the $4.2 billion legislation in January to provide health care for those who helped clear the rubble and search for human remains at the World Trade Center site in New York.
"As new research and findings are released, we will continue to do periodic reviews of cancer" for the program, Howard said, with the next review expected in early to mid-2012.
Some of the New York lawmakers who originally hailed the legislation are now speaking out against the exclusion of cancer.
"As the sponsors of the Zadroga Act, we are disappointed that Dr. Howard has not yet found sufficient evidence to support covering cancers," Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler and Republican Rep. Peter King, who wrote the act, said in a joint statement.
"This is disappointing news for 9/11 responders and survivors who tragically have been diagnosed with cancer since the attacks and are suffering day to day and awaiting help," they said.
"So many people have gotten such rare cancers -- and at such young ages -- that it seems obvious there must be a link," Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement.
He labeled the report "premature" and said revision will "demonstrate that those who were exposed to the witches' brew of toxins at ground zero have developed serious illnesses, including cancer, and deserve justice."
Many survivors are similarly disheartened.
"It's very disappointing, very heartbreaking," said Reggie Hillaire, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer in 2005.
Doctors told the New York police officer, who's 34, that developing such a cancer was "really, really rare so young."
"I've met so many people who were police officers at the same time who have these cancers, and we're all about the same age."
Hillaire, who worked at the site for 11 days and then at the Staten Island Landfill for 63 days, has also been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Cancer treatment being covered by the program "would have brought some closure. ... It feels like it's never going to end," he said.
"It's very unfortunate. My doctors think (the cancer's) directly linked" to the September 11 exposure, said Al Schille, a New York Police Department detective who also suffers from multiple myeloma cancer.
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