As death toll of 9/11 responders nears 1,000, pols want autopsy standards to pinpoint causes

Michael Mcauliff
NY Daily News
Nov 12, 2010

WASHINGTON – The staggering death toll for Ground Zero responders has soared past 916 – and still no one knows what really killed them.

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Now, nine years after the terror attacks, doctors and some New York lawmakers are urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to draft autopsy protocols to pinpoint 9/11-related fatalities, the Daily News has learned.

Astonishingly, there are no written standards to help doctors diagnose post-9/11 deaths, leaving a void that’s wreaked enormous emotional pain and conflict on survivors.

“It was heart-wrenching,” said Joe Zadroga, who watched his NYPD officer son, James, slowly deteriorate from scarred lungs until he died in 2007.

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Relatives and friends know in their hearts what really killed the hero in their family – even if health officials refuse to recognize it.

“I mean, we knew what he died from. We dealt with it for four years,” Zadroga added.

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This article was posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 at 2:22 pm

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