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Article: Injured, Sickened Workers Try to Tap Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- September 21, 2003
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By Katia Hetter, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 21--When he volunteered for three days at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack -- in the days when almost no one wore protective gear -- construction worker David Rapp could lift 100 pounds at a time for his job pounding steel supports into the ground.
In November 2001, the Belle Harbor resident said he returned to work at the World Trade Center site for pay, this time with protective gear, but it was too late. The dizziness, coughing and rashes started two months after his return, he said.
"I couldn't keep up, it was so embarrassing," said Rapp, ...