No Worker's Compensation for Media Hurt Covering 9/11
Environment News Service, August, 2007
NEW YORK, New York (ENS) — --> The New York Press Photographers Association is asking members of the media who covered the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center to contact the association.
These journalists were exposed to the same toxic chemicals and dust as first responders, and the association wants to ensure that they receive worker's compensation for health problems resulting from that exposure.
David Handschuh, the NYPPA intergovernmental affairs chair and a photographer for the "New York Daily News," circulated a letter to media Tuesday asking people who covered the attacks to come forward.
In the letter, Handschuh explains that New York State has passed a law extending the time for "Rescue and Recovery Workers" to file for...
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