September+11th+Health+and+Compensation+Act+of+2007

September 11th Health and Compensation Act of 2007. House Bill Number 3543 Sponsered By Carolyn Maloney  (Wiki page done by Margot and Teddie)

media type="file" key="house bill 3543 (MWTS) .mp3"   **History of the attack and the towers: ** "Suicide aircraft attacks on The World Trade Center and the Pentagon left untold numbers injured or dead and threw the cities into chaos on September 11, 2001. It began at the height of a morning rush hour in the nation's largest city. A plane, reportedly a hijacked American Airlines jet, slammed into one tower of the 110-story World Trade Center. As smoke and flames poured out of the building and rescue workers battled to save victims, a second plane hit the second tower. The two towers soon collapsed. Huge clouds of smoke hung over Manhattan. The nearby Wall Street financial markets were shut down. A short time later, another plane struck the Pentagon, touching off  a ma <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ssive explosion and fire, and tearing a hole in one side of the historic building"-quote by public eye. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Some 50,000 people work at the World Trade Center  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">  <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reports indicated that at least 200 of the 400 firefighters at the scene are presumed dead and 78 police officers were missing. <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston crashed into the upper floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center at 08:46am and t <span style="color: rgb(157, 124, 208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">housands of people were already at their desks in both towers. About 80 chefs, waiters and kitchen porters were also in the Windows on the World restaurant on the 106th floor. Many who worked for firms located in the crash zone were killed instantly. Those on the floors above were already doomed, their escape routes cut off by fire. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(85, 4, 200);">People Affected: ** <span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);">All of the friends and family that were impacted in the 9.11 attack and the pentagon attack are represented in this bill.

**<span style="color: rgb(85, 4, 200);">Summary of Bill: **<span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);">The bill was made to help the Public Health Service Act to improve the protection of people impacted by September 11th, terroist attack in New York City. Also, to create a program that provides education to those impacted. <span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> This bill encourages those to research on physical and mental he <span style="color: rgb(140, 90, 206);">alth <span style="color: rgb(140, 90, 206);">condition <span style="color: rgb(140, 90, 206);">s <span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> that are related to the 9/11 attack. Also to give medical attention to those workers and emergency responders who helped after the attack. The bill requires WTC to establish the health programs, diagnosing health issues, and to help workers who helped out after 9/11. <span style="color: rgb(158, 109, 227);"> **<span style="color: rgb(90, 4, 210);">Pictures: ** The Twin Tower attack

<span style="color: rgb(90, 4, 210);"> The two blue lights were replaced for the Twin Towers

The twin towers before the attack

The 9/11 Pentagon flag

The Pentagon attack <span style="color: rgb(90, 4, 210);"> <span style="color: rgb(142, 87, 214); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**the full bill**: [|capwiz/cl/issues/bills/]
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