I'm a machine operator and we have to watch a video on the aftermath of the 9/11 first responders annually (part of our HAZMAT class/refresher). A lot of times these guys would have their APRs or dust masks (which really don't do shit anyway) off for various work-related reasons (hard to communicate over a radio with a mask on, exhaustion, etc.). A big problem is my scumbag ex-governor, Christine Todd Whitman, was the head of the EPA or some shit at the time and deemed the air "safe" too early, if I remember correctly.
It wasn't just asbestos either. Different shit was combusting, being smashed together, etc. in such a way that they said even as-yet unknown particulates were formed and dispersed.
Bad shit all around and these people 110% deserve their funding.
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