Missouri World Trade Center responders still at risk for health problems
From: Veronique LaCapra
Length: 03:55
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, more than 50,000 rescue and recovery workers converged at the World Trade Center. Among them were the 62 members of Missouri’s FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task force.
The experience at ground zero made many workers sick, with health problems ranging from asthma to post-traumatic stress disorder.
St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra has this report about how the members of Missouri’s rescue team are doing.
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Aired on St. Louis Public Radio (90.7 KWMU), September 9, 2011.
Transcript
HOST IN: In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, more than fifty-thousand rescue and recovery workers converged at the World Trade Center. Among them were the sixty-two members of Missouri’s FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task force.
The experience at ground zero made many workers sick, with health problems ranging from asthma to post-traumatic stress disorder.
St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra has this report about how the members of Missouri’s rescue team are doing.
(WTC_HEALTH)
3:55
LACAPRA: When the twin towers of the World Trade Center came down, more than a million tons of concrete, steel and glass collapsed into a debris pile about seven stories high and covering over fifteen acres.
Deep inside the pile fires burned, releasing smoke and toxic chemicals. Outside, the dust was overwhelming.
CUT 1 MARK STILLPASS (0:02)
“Everything was so finely ground up.”
LACAPRA: Rescue spec...
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INTRO:HOST IN: In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, more than fifty-thousand rescue and recovery workers converged at the World Trade Center. Among them were the sixty-two members of Missouri’s FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task force.
The experience at ground zero made many workers sick, with health problems ranging from asthma to post-traumatic stress disorder.
St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra has this report about how the members of Missouri’s rescue team are doing.
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