Ground Zero Workers File Billion-Dollar Health Lawsuit
 (HealthDayNews, 9/13/04)

David E. Worby and fellow lawyers representing more than 800 workers involved in rescue and clean-up operations following the 9/11/01 terrorist attack in NYC, have launched a billion-dollar class action suit against the World Trade Center owners for exposing their clients to toxic conditions. The attorneys say that they intend to make further claims against New York City, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration. They predict that the suit may ultimately encompass hundreds of thousands more people who were exposed to toxins after the collapse of the Twin Towers. A toxicologist for the plaintiffs described Ground Zero of three years ago as "a giant toxic waste site…which generated unprecedented concentrations of carcinogens" and the lawyers bringing suit claim that even after there was no more rescue of human life, those in charge rushed to clean up, sending in workers without proper protective gear. World Trade Center owners counter that they had no control over the recovery and cleanup effort and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the City of New York were completely responsible.