NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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Dry cleaner's toxic fear
y WILUAM SHERMA
"The clerk looks at the clothes,
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and says,
What's all this white
In the days since the World
stuff?' and 1 told him, That'sthe
Trade Center attack, praise and
remnants of the World Trade Cen™
gratitude have been heaped on
ter' » Fitzgerald said. He said,
the cops, firefighters and rescue
'We're not cleaning these clothes
workers for their heroic re-
sponse.
because they're toxic""?
Clearview owner Jõe Burachio
Yesterday was different, in at
explained that last week,
*a gen-
least one case.
tleman
According to a police lieuten-
ant trom Queens,
a dry cleaner
refused to clean his uniform after
handle it, so I called the Neigh-
the cop told him
borhood Dry Cleaners Associa-
pants came from the Trade Cen-
tion."
ter collapse site.
:The industry group told him
I was outraged," said L
ames Fitzgerald of the 103r
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that if clothing bad asbestos on
Precinct in Jamaica
it, it shoiuld be handled only by
specially licensed factities.
Fitzgerald said he supervised a
After he was turned away from.
security detail near the destroyed
Clearview,
Ftzgerald deave to
Trade Center site last Thursday..
Three-G Cleanera Jamaica
and: Friday: He brought the dirty.
"I bought tbe shirt and pants
sesertny moruang ne. Hais.
in, the guy säid: Three dollars
and 50 cents, and that was the
end of it."
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NYC-WTC_000152219Source: NYC Law Department, mirrored locally
Document outlining key personnel and roles within the Department of Environmental Protection during the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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