St. Paul's Chapel Fence - photo from DNAinfo.com[/caption]You may remember that the old iron fence around St. Paul's Chapel in Downtown Manhattan is decorated with ribbons in memory and honor of the responders to the 9/11 attacks.
It's been 11 years since terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center towers, and more than a year-and-a-half since President Barack Obama signed into law a bill meant to compensate responders and survivors sickened from exposure to the hazardous debris and toxins of Ground Zero.
According to the Huffington Post, they may have to wait more than a year more before seeing any of the funds authorized in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
"It's going to be a process, and I think it's going to take a year or two until that process really gets moving," said Sheila Birnbaum, the special master of the $2.775 billion 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. "People have to get medical records, they have to do all kinds of things, and they're going to have to get certified that they meet the criteria."
See a slideshow from DNAinfo.com here.
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