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Thread #40790   Message #586146
Posted By: SharonA
05-Nov-01 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: NYC firefighters protest
Subject: RE: NYC firefighters protest
Here's an article about recently-resigned American Red Cross President Bernadine Healy: ABC News article about Healy's resignation

Here's a short clip from the Associated Press about the firefighters:

NYC Fire and Police Officials Deny Scaling WTC Efforts

N E W  Y O R K, Nov. 5 — New York City police and fire officials are denying accusations they're scaling back efforts to recover victims' remains at the World Trade Center.

Union officials say a change in policy — limiting the number of fire and police workers at the site — is essentially turning the recovery effort into a construction zone.

But Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen calls the charges "unfair and dishonest."

Hundreds of firefighters protested the policy change Friday, leading to scuffles with police. More than a dozen firefighters were arrested.

Of the 343 firefighters lost in the Trade Center attack, more than 200 are still buried in the rubble.
—The Associated Press