>>>"A report released this week was shocking: Nearly 70 percent of 9/11 first responders have debilitating respiratory illnesses. Many of them have been ill for years and will be for the rest of their lives."
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>>>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2409716&page=1
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>>Surely you mean "911" - Freudian slip?
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>I don't get it.

Well isn't the phone no "911" for emergency services, such as ambulance? I assumed this is what Evan was referring to, given "debilitating respiratory illnesses". So why did he give the Twin Towers date of infamy - "9/11"? Or so I thought. Now, looking at it again, I presume "first responders" refers to the emergency services on 9/11, who breathed in so much WTC. I thought he was saying that most 911 calls are for debilitating respiratory illnesses (if you look at the thread title, it's 911), making a comment on the air quality or something. My misunderstanding. :-)