As a society, what do you think our responsibility is to the 9/11 responders?

Many are gravely ill, many KNOW they don't have long to live, many have small children to raise. Federal funding is ending. This is an opinion Q.

Please vote according to the expressed answer, not the opinion. Asked by Spatzie~Lover 56 months ago Similar questions: society responsibility 11 responders Society.

Similar questions: society responsibility 11 responders.

We owe them: The best health care Freedom from debt due to healthcare costs or disability Compensation for injuries or disabilities acquired in the line of duty Benefits to their families (dependants) if they have passed on due to their injuries Victory against our enemies who caused this in the first place. Sources: my opinion .

ANYTHING THEY NEED I think the responder's were heros before 9/11 every day , therfore they should get what ever they need to help them heal or live with the scars of that day, they were the willing victims on that horrible day ,they went in to harms way for each and every one of us, so I say they earned their right to public assistance based on meritorious valor . Those are the facts ,and that is my opinion of the facts. Sources: The apparently obvious truth of real heros..

No more than what the military receives. As a society I think they should receive the same benefits that all of our military members receive when they become disabled or die. That would include full health care, burial benefits ($25000 I think), lost wages, and a couple other things I can't remember right now.

On 9/11 those responders did what they were there to do, and unfortunately many of them died and countless more are severly disabled and will die. They did the same thing in NY that our military is doing all over the sandbox therefore they should receive the same type of benefits that our military does. I am all about taking care of those that responded to the call on 9/11.

What really made me mad was hearing that the survivors of those that responded were receiving million dollar settlements (Not life insurance) because their loved one died doing what he/she signed up to do. So far I have know two friends that have left for the war in Iraq and didn't return. I have known countless more that came back a completely different person, that more than likely won't be able to function in a normal capacity ever again.

The way I see it, these people are no different than the responders to 9/11. My friends had young children and families to care for. For the ones that were lucky enough to return I can't imagine that they are providing for their families anymore.

I think the responders to 9/11 are/ were heros! However, I don't think they should be receiving benefits or settlements for anything more than each and every soldier, sailor, marine and airman that has died or become disabled in the wars in Iraq and Afghanastan. Sources: My opinion .

Find the truth. No matter how unpopular the truth may be, we as a society owe it to them to dig up all the "truth" about the events as we can. Just because we have been told something by the govt, doesn't always mean its true!

Take an objective view at everything, ask questions, and keep on asking them, and then if there are things that still don't add up for a logical answer, we must ask more questions. I know this is a touchy subject for a lot of people, but the events from that day still affect us each and every day of our lives .

1 Since they are victims, too - they should share in the money collected for the other victims and families.

Since they are victims, too - they should share in the money collected for the other victims and families.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.