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Marie Baumann
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FEALGOOD ‘SAVE
THE
BRAVE’
TO MOVE CONGRESS AS RESPONDER
TELLS OTHERS, “GET TESTED, THE CANCERS ARE AGGRESSIVE”
CONGRESS: PASS 9/11 HEALTH & COMPENSATION
BILL BEFORE 9/11
August 22, 2008—New York, NY—The
Fealgood Foundation has completed the documentary SAVE THE BRAVE and will
have a World Premiere Thursday night August 28, 2008 at the Bellmore
Theater, located at 222 Pettit Ave in Bellmore, Long Island, NY. At
The documentary is the brainchild of
Fealgood founder, John Feal, who decided on this novel approach supporting
the legislation stalled in Congress for years. John Feal comments, “the
Members of Congress cannot understand what these men and women are
experiencing. Not only are those who served at Ground Zero suffering, sick
and dying but families are devastated, putting children’s futures at risk.
These heroes must have an
The documentary focuses on four
responders and what’s happened to them since their service as responders at
Ground Zero following the attacks. FDNY Chief Jim Riches, Corrections
officer Greg Quibell,
Members of Congress can expect to receive SAVE THE
BRAVE, the DVD when they return from recess. Glen Klein, a Fealgood
Foundation board member states, “we are going to put the honest truth about
Ground Zeroes suffering heroes in their faces and hope that decency will
prevail and they finally pass this legislation before another September 11th
passes.
All of us are wondering about cancers and other
diseases that are showing up five, six, seven years later, what will our
families face in the future”, concludes former ESU member of the NYPD,
Klein.
9/11 family
members Rosemary Cain, Bruce DeCell and Monica Iken speak out urging
Congress to pass the legislation immediately. The movie was directed and
produced by 9/11 Chaplain Rev. Bill Minson with Robert Agriopoulos Videos.
Congressman
Jerrold Nadler who authored the legislation with Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney appears in the documentary with colleagues Congressman Tim Bishop
and Congresswoman Diane Watson of California who held a Congressional
briefing in support of 9/11 responders two years ago.
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information please contact Anne Marie Baumann