Judge OK’s deal for 9/11 responders

NEW YORK — Some recounted their days at a smoldering ground zero. Some fought back tears. Some complained that no amount of money would make them whole.

Despite the mixed emotions, most of the 9/11 responders who appeared yesterday at a daylong hearing in federal court in Manhattan said they favored a deal that would end their seven-year legal fight over the toxic fallout produced by the collapse of the World Trade Center.

“Our families have been through so much,’’ said retired New York Police Department Detective Joseph Greco, who suffers from chronic asthma. “This can’t go on anymore.’’

Said volunteer worker William Moore: “We need to get better. We need to get on with our lives.’’

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/06/24/judge_oks_deal_for_911_responders/

that works out to an average of $44Gs apiece.

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