>> AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO
BETWEEN BOUTS AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER TODAY IS OF COURSE THE
18TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SEPTEMBER
11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS. BUT
THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL DEALING
WITH THE EFFECTS TO THIS DAY
JOINING US NOW
TO THAT DISCUSSES LYLA
NORDSTROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT
STY HEALTH SAY HELPED OF COURSE
IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP
REPRESENTING YOUNG ADULTS WHO
ARE IMPACTED BY THE EVENTS OF
9.11 THE RESULTING CLEANUP LYLA
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE
TODAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
UNFAMILIAR PRICE. SOME CONTACT
SO WHERE YOU AND YOUR
CLASSMATES WERE STUYVESANT
HEIGHTS, COOL VERY CLOSE TO
EVERYTHING THAT WENT OFF EARLY
YESTERDAY, THE SUN IS ABOUT 3
BLOCKS FROM THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER.
>> IT'S A SCHOOL THAT THE
CANDIDATES, 10 STORIES HIGH AND
SO A LOT
OF US WE'RE LOOKING AT BATTERY
PARK CITY HAVE BEEN BUILT UP
QUITE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS
NOT A LOT OF US WERE LOOKING
OUT DIRECTLY AT THE TOWERS WHEN
THEY WERE AND WE
ACTUALLY STATINS COOL THROUGH
THE COLLAPSE OF THE FIRST
BUILDING WE DIDN'T START
EVACUATING TILL JUST BEFORE THE
SECOND BUILDING COLLAPSED A LOT
OF MY CLASSMATES WERE STILL IN
THE BUILDING WHEN THE SECOND
BUILDING COLLAPSED I HAD JUST
EXITED SO WE SORT OF TOOK OFF
DOWN THE WEST SIDE HIGHWAY AT A
SO WE WE WERE IN THE BUILDING
FOR OF THE BULK OF
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> AND THEN AFTER THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY YOU
AND YOUR CLASSMATES
WERE SURE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
TO GO BACK RIGHT NEARBY BY THE
WAY WHERE THIS
INCIDENT HAPPENED COLLECTIVELY
BREATHING AL THE AIR AND
EVERYTHING IT WAS AROUND THERE.
HOW SOON DID YOU GUYS RETURN
TO CLASS SAND AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY HOW DID YOU KNOW THE
IMPACTS OF HOUSES IMPACTING THE
REST OF YOUR
CLASSMATES ALSO.
>> YET WE RETURNED ON OCTOBER
9TH. SO WE RETURNED LESS THAN A
MONTH AFTER THE THE FIRES WERE
STILL BURNING DOWN AT THE SITE
AND WOULD BURN FOR ANOTHER 4
MONTHS
I THINK THE BARGE THAT THEY
WERE TAKING ALL THE DEBRIS TO
IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO OUR
SCHOOL. SO WE WERE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE
CLEANUP OPERATION AND IN AN
AREA THAT WASN'T YET OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC IT TOOK A LONG TIME
THOUGH FOR
PEOPLE TO TO HAVE ANY
CONFIRMATION THAT ANYTHING WAS
WRONG. WE ARE BEING TOLD
REPEATEDLY THAT EVERYTHING
WAS FINE THE PARENTS
ASSOCIATION SOON AFTER THE
ATTACK STARTED TO INVESTIGATE,
BUT THERE WAS KIND OF A WAR OF
CONSULTANTS
GOING ON AND SO NO ONE'S REALLY
SURE WHO TO TRUST AND AS KIDS
WE WEREN'T REALLY IN A POSITION
RIGHT TO MAKE
TO MAKE THOSE JUDGMENTS AND SO
IT TOOK YOU KNOW PEOPLE STARTED
DEVELOPING THE KINDS OF MINOR
CONDITIONS THAT YOU DEVELOP
AFTER SMOKE INHALATION OR
SO YOU KNOW THE THAT KIND OF
EXPOSURE WHERE THERE ARE A LOT
OF
NOSEBLEEDS AND COSTS IN YOU
KNOW PEOPLE WERE HAVING
BREATHING ISSUES AND OVER
TIME IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS
WAS BECOMING A AND
IT WASN'T FOR ME THE CONNECTION
REALLY GOT MADE WHEN I VISITED
A PULMONOLOGIST I WAS ALREADY
ASTHMATIC AT THE TIME.
I VISITED A PULMONOLOGIST AND
HE WAS A RESIDENT OF BATTERY
PARK CITY AND ALSO AN ALUMNI
STUYVESANT AND SO HE SAID TO ME
LOOK I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL
YOU YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOWN THERE
YOU'RE BREATHING IS WORSE.
I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE
SIDE SAY YOUR SENIOR YEAR I
KNOW THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT
YOU CAN'T
GIVE UP. SO THEY SORT OF HAD US
IN THEIR CLUTCHES BECAUSE
DIVERSE IT IS HARD TO GET INTO
AND IT'S A REAL IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF US TO
GET TO
GO THERE. AND YOU KNOW HE WAS
SORT OF LIKE THAT I DON'T KNOW
TO SAY YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO
AND YOU SHOULD
BE THERE.
>> SO EVEN 18 YEARS LATER WE'RE
STILL SEEING MARK CONTENT BEING
CREATED MORE STORIES BEING TOLD
SHINING A LIGHT ON THE IMPACTS
OF THE EVENTS OF
9.11. THERE'S HBO DOCUMENTARY
THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY CALLED OUT
IT'S CALLED IN THE SHADOW OF
THE TOWERS SITE ISN'T HIGH ON
9.11 BECAUSE THEY ESSENTIALLY
IGNORED THE HEALTH PROBLEMS OF
THE STUDENTS WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION TO THAT HAVE YOU YEAH
THEM IT'S ESPECIALLY
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE A LOT OF
THE
PEOPLE FEATURED.
>> IN THE DOCUMENTARY ARE
ACTUALLY ACTIVE PARTS OF OUR
ORGANIZATION A YOU KNOW A LOT
OF THE CLASSMATES THAT WE WORK
WITH ON AVERAGE
PROJECTS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU ARE GRAPHIC DESIGN AND YOU
KNOW EVERY EVERY PART OF SKY
HELPS WORK IS REALLY CONNECTED
TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
DOCUMENTARY SO IT'S NOT THAT
THEIR STORIES ARE AN IMPORTANT
AND ARE VALID BUT TO MAKE A
DOCUMENTARY THAT PURPORTS TO
TELL US SORT OF WIDE RANGING
STORY OF WHAT HAD
AND IT'S TIME THE SUN, YOU KNOW
THERE ARE 8 STUDENTS
INTERVIEWED THEY COVER
EVERYTHING FROM THAT THE DAY OF
THE ATTACKS
TO THE PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ABOUT
POLITICS IN THE AFTERMATH OF
THE ATTACKS TO NOT IN
ANY WAY MENTION THE HEALTH
EFFECTS WHICH IS A HUGE PART OF
THE STORY IS A HUGE PART OF NOT
JUST THE STORY OF OUR RETURN
BUT THE ONGOING STORY THAT
WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND
ESPECIALLY IN THIS YEAR
WHERE THE THE COVERAGE OF THE
VCF RENEWAL PROCESS WAS IN
THE NEWS. IT'S VERY
DISCOURAGING AND IT ALSO IT IT
LEAVES OUT SORT OF A CRITICAL
ELEMENT OF THE STUYVESANT STORY
ON 9.11. WHY DO YOU THINK THE
AND THE HEALTH IMPACTS ARE
>> NORD WHY WHY IS THAT THE
CASE I THINK THAT IT YOU KNOW I
THINK A
LOT OF.
>> PEOPLE USE OUR STORY TO TELL
A STORY ABOUT UNITY AFTER
9.11 AND AND BECAUSE OF THAT
THIS IS AN INCONVENIENT ASIDE
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT NOT
THE STORY OF UNITY THAT PEOPLE
WANT
TO HEAR AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE
WHO WORK IN LOWER MANHATTAN WHO
WERE SORT OF AWARE OF SOME OF
THESE CRISES THAT WERE BEING
CREATED BY GOVERNMENT MISDEEDS
ESSENTIALLY.
I THINK IT JUST BECAME TOO
TO COMPLICATE THE NARRATIVE I
MEAN ONE OF THE ONE OF THE
STUDENTS, IT'S FEATURED IN THE
DOCUMENTARY ACTUALLY PASSED
AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR OF A
9.11 LINKED CANCER, SO IT'S
INHERENT IN THE STORY THEY'RE
TELLING I I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY
DON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND
ACT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VICTIMS
COMPENSATION FUND. THE GREAT
NEWS WAS THAT IT FINALLY
FINALLY BECAME PERMANENTLY JOHN
STUART PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT AS
MUCH AS WELL, BUT JUST IN TERMS
OF
THE PUBLIC FACE THAT JON
STEWART WAS ABLE TO GIVE TO
THIS HOW MUCH DID THAT REALLY
HELPED GET THE US THE TIMELINE
IT WAS ESSENTIAL AND YOU KNOW
WE FOUND THAT 5 YEARS AGO WHEN
WE WENT BACK TO TRY TO EXTEND
THE HEALTH PROGRAM
AS WELL.
>> IT'S TOO BAD THAT IT TAKES A
CELEBRITY TO TO RAISE AWARENESS
FOR AN ISSUE LIKE THIS IT SEEMS
LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
ALL AGREE CAN BE
DONE WITHOUT BUT YOU KNOW THIS
MONEY HAD TO BE SPENT TO DO IT
MIGHT
YOU KNOW IT COST COST
TAX DOLLARS TO FUND THESE
PROGRAMS AND SO UNFORTUNATELY
IT TOOK HAVING A PUBLIC FACE
AND THANK GOD THAT JON STEWART
WAS WILLING TO CAN'T BEAT PLAY
CONTINUED ROLE IN THIS ISSUE
HE'S BEEN DOING IT
FOR YEARS. HE HAS NEVER SORT OF
WALKED AWAY FROM IT WHICH IS A
HUGE ASSET TO US BUT IT IT'S
TOO BAD THAT IT TAKES
THAT TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN
IN A
SITUATION YOU.
>> SAID IN THE PAST THAT SOME
SURVIVORS, SOME OF YOUR PEERS
DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY DESERVE
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS WHERE THEY
FEEL A SENSE OF GUILT WALK US
THROUGH THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND
THAT LIES THAT
FEELING THAT.
>> YEAH I THINK THERE'S A FEW
ELEMENTS OF IT ONE IS THAT YOU
KNOW AS A SURVIVOR YOU DON'T
REALLY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
GETTING TO FEEL LIKE YOU
PERFORMED HEROIC DEEDS.
>> ON THAT DAY AND A LOT OF THE
NARRATIVE AROUND 9.11 HAS BEEN
ABOUT REMEMBERING HEROES AND SO
FOR US. WE WERE OFTEN SORT OF
LEFT TO PONDER YOUR CHOICES ARE
TO FEEL LIKE A VICTIM OR TO
FEEL LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO TAKE
THAT MANTLE OF VICTIMHOOD ON
THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME OF THE
WORST STORY THERE'S ALWAYS
SOMEONE WHO CAN TELL YOU MORE
TRAGIC VERSION OF THE EVENTS.
>> AND THEN AS WELL,
YOU KNOW FOR FOR OUR
POPULATION, WE WERE MUCH
YOUNGER WHEN WE WERE EXPOSED
AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE HEALTH
CONDITION TOOK A LITTLE LONGER
TO EMERGE.
>> AND SO YOU KNOW THE
NARRATIVE WAS LARGELY FOCUSED
AROUND FIRST RESPONDERS WE
WEREN'T SEEING OURSELVES
ROUGHLY IT DID IN THE NARRATIVE
THIS LAST RENEW AROUND HAS
REALLY BEEN THE FIRST TIME THAT
A STUDENT SOMEONE YOUNG WHO WAS
EXPOSED HAS HAS HAD ANY
PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT THESE
ISSUES AND YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN
THERE I'VE THEN IN DC WITH THE
GUYS FROM THE FEEL GOOD
FOUNDATION SINCE 2009. BUT BUT
WE JUST WEREN'T GETTING THE
SAME PLATFORM BACK THEN
AND SO WHEN YOU DON'T
YOURSELVES REFLECTED IN
COVERAGE OF AN ISSUE LIKE THIS
YOU DON'T THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT
YOU FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO.
>> YOU WANT TO HELP WHO WANT TO
HELP SUPPORT THE PLATFORM.
WHAT CAN THEY DO WORK AND THEY
SO IF IF THEY ARE SURVIVORS
THEMSELVES IF THERE'S SOMEONE
WHO LIVED WORKED OR ATTENDED
SCHOOL IN
LOWER MANHATTAN.
>> THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO THE
SERVICES OF THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM IF THEY
HAVE ANY SORT OF
9.11 RELATED CONDITION.
>> AND THEN ALSO IF THE NEED
ASSISTANCE APPLYING IF THEY
NEED ANY HELP WITH THE PROCESS
OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THAT
THE PROGRAM ITSELF CAN'T
ANSWER ARE THE ORGANIZATION IS
SKY HEALTH DOT ORG WHICH IS S-T
YOU WHY ATL TH THAT ARE WE
STARTED ITS DIED, BUT WE WORK
WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
THE COMMUN