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NEW YORK — An Associated Press investigation has found that several cases heading for trial in the battle over 9/11 illnesses contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or the amount of time they spent at ground zero.
One demolition worker who said he developed health problems after toiling for months in the toxic ruins of the World Trade Center has actually been ill since the 1990s.
Lawyers for the workers whose cases were examined by the AP declined to discuss them. They say the trials will show unequivocally that workers exposed to the dust weren’t given proper equipment, and as a result are now sick.
