September 11 Responders Seek More Funds
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As President Bush visited New York yesterday, advocates for ill first-responders to the attacks of September 11, 2001, called for greater funding for the health care for the workers.
The 21-year-old son of a New York City police officer who died last week, Cesar Borja Jr., met with Mr. Bush to push for more money for first-responders with respiratory and other complications.
On Tuesday, Mr. Bush announced an additional $25 million in federal funding for September 11-related health care, and yesterday morning his press secretary, Tony Snow, hinted that there could be more funding to come for any sick first-responders.
‘We will plug the gaps in any coverage and anybody who needs treatment will get it,” Mr. Snow told reporters.
