On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden hijacked four U.S. airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia, and an area in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people, both victims and first responders, were killed and over 6,000 were injured during this tragic event. An act by the name of Zadrogra started the World Trade Center Health Program in 2010. It was a program that gave special medical care to those that helped in responding to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The Zadroga Act also restored the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, which Congress put together to help those that got hurt from
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The bill he will provide will also help in other situations where people got hurt in other parts of the world such as the bombing of Kenya from terrorists, which is similar to the event at the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Fred Upton, the House Energy and Commerce Chairman, agrees with Goodlatte with the five-year recertification plan. Some critics say that the bill won’t last and there may not be enough support and funding to these two initiatives …show more content…
The past event was about cancer patients being denied treatment, which was because one of the health insurances didn’t have enough money to provide for the treatment of the cancer patients. The government was just allowing the situation to get worse, when they had a lot of money that they could have provided. In this 9/11 current event, the government has somewhat responded; however, they won’t allow a health bill to be re-certified, and the bill is trapped in Congress, which is no help to those that badly need the help and aid that the bill can
The bill he will provide will also help in other situations where people got hurt in other parts of the world such as the bombing of Kenya from terrorists, which is similar to the event at the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Fred Upton, the House Energy and Commerce Chairman, agrees with Goodlatte with the five-year recertification plan. Some critics say that the bill won’t last and there may not be enough support and funding to these two initiatives …show more content…
The past event was about cancer patients being denied treatment, which was because one of the health insurances didn’t have enough money to provide for the treatment of the cancer patients. The government was just allowing the situation to get worse, when they had a lot of money that they could have provided. In this 9/11 current event, the government has somewhat responded; however, they won’t allow a health bill to be re-certified, and the bill is trapped in Congress, which is no help to those that badly need the help and aid that the bill can