Rep. Suhas Subramanyam: ‘We Have Not Taken Care of Them’ as 9/11 Pentagon Service Members Face Lifelong Health Issues

‘We have not given them the health benefits’

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SUBRAMANYAM: "Well, a lot of people know about, you know, the casualties during nine over 11, all the victims. And we’ve done everything to support their families as well as the first responders who were there and put their lives at risk to try to save people. And there are also a lot of service members at the Pentagon at the time who stayed there, who came back to work the next day, and they were exposed to the same toxins as the first responders and as others. And they’ve had lifelong health issues because of it, and we have not taken care of them. We have not given them the health benefits. They deserve to be able to, to take care of their respiratory issues, for instance. So that’s what this says. Susan lucas was one of those folks who came back to the Pentagon the next day to serve their country and to protect us at a time where"

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