00:00I didn't quite understand the magnitude of 9-11 when I was a kid.
00:05I didn't understand how it could affect me.
00:08My dad would always talk about it because he obviously was there at the pile.
00:12And he would tell me about how horrific it was and how it was just something he could never get
00:20over,
00:20the fact that the things he saw when he was there.
00:23And it never really clicked in my brain until I saw him fighting the cancer from 9-11.
00:32Then I really realized how this is something that is still affecting us today.
01:11I am proud to announce that our administration has settled two lawsuits between the city and 9-11 Health Watch,
01:18ending what has been a multi-year legal battle and restrictions on New Yorkers' ability to access information
01:25that can shed valuable insight on air quality and health concerns.
01:30Administration after administration has ignored those calling for answers and clarity,
01:36instead choosing to bury them in legal arguments and in red tape.
01:40We will do no such thing.
01:42As we mark 25 years, it is time for this painful chapter to end.
02:06I think he was just so proud that he was there and wanted to be a part of it.
02:11He didn't hesitate going down there whatsoever.
02:13And even when he passed, there was no regret about what he did.
02:16He did not regret being down there, knowing that the cancer was from his exposure down there.
02:22I didn't realize that there were other troopers, state troopers, that were getting sick.
02:27And a friend of his that had this rare esophageal cancer
02:30and another female that had some sort of breast cancer.
02:34And that's when I began to get more scared because we were hearing how it was slowly.
02:42I mean, this was, I think, 15 years later afterwards when he was diagnosed.
02:46And then one after another, you could hear other troopers that were starting to get sick as well.
02:52And they still do.
02:54It's devastating because you think you're, they survived being down on the pile on 9-11 and survived all of
03:01that.
03:02But yet now 15, 20 years later, now 25 years later, people are still getting sick.
03:07And it's sad.
03:08It's tragic.
03:12My dad was my hero.
03:14And seeing him lose his life was, was, was horrific to me.
03:19You know, seeing the person that you look up to, your hero, every day, like losing his life was, was
03:24so hard on me.
03:26I feel like as, as years go on, the 9-11 related illnesses are growing.
03:30And we are seeing more and more and more.
03:32And it's really tough to say how many families, how many more families are going to be affected.
03:38So that's why it's important that our first responders need to go out and get tested for cancer and these
03:449-11 related illnesses.
04:04And we're going to be able to get tested for cancer and these 2-11 related illnesses.
04:31And we're going to be able to get tested for cancer and these 2-11 related illnesses.
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