The feds are giving $81 million in grants to continue the long-term health monitoring of Ground Zero rescue workers. The feds are giving $81 million in grants to continue the long-term health monitoring of Ground Zero rescue workers.
The eight grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were announced yesterday in Brooklyn at Fire Department headquarters. They will fund a five-year health-screening program for the rescue workers.
"This is a tremendous step toward fulfilling our promise to the firefighters, emergency workers and volunteers who labored at Ground Zero," said Sen. Hillary Clinton.
"Emergency response workers and volunteers risked their own lives to help save others on Sept. 11. This is evidence that America has not forgotten."
