They chose Wall Street over the firefighters. The Ground Zero toxin lie exposed. Media Blitz Pod
Twenty-five years after 9/11, a new report confirms what first responders always suspected: New York City leaders knew the air at Ground Zero was toxic, and they lied anyway. They chose Wall Street over the firefighters. Paul Rieckhoff — 9/11 first responder, Iraq War veteran, and Lower Manhattan resident — takes that outrage across three networks and demands the one thing nobody in power wants to talk about: accountability. Plus Trump’s prime-time convention flop against the NFL, and why every day in Ukraine is a 9/11 of its own.
On the week of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Paul Rieckhoff broadcasts from Lower Manhattan with the memorial lights going up over his…
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The new report confirming NYC officials knew the Ground Zero. The new report confirming NYC officials knew the Ground Zero air was toxic and lied about it — and Paul’s demand that anyone who lied about public health exposure face jail time
“They prioritized opening Wall Street. They didn’t prioritiz. “They prioritized opening Wall Street. They didn’t prioritize kids. They didn’t prioritize firefighters.” — the structural indictment of who got protected and who got sacrificed
Why there is still no formal statewide or national 9/11 curriculum in schools. and why Paul has been pushing for one for years
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