Victims of the 9/11 tragedy have the right to ask for the Zadroga Claim

Claims are compensations that a victim of a tragedy demands from the party responsible for causing him the unfortunate harm. The guilty party in return has the right to critically examine the genuineness of the case posed by the victim and only then grant the compensation that the victim demands or deserves.

While the procedures seem very well-outlines and righteous, the actual proceedings many a times are not fair. This is because dishonest claim-to-fame victims many a time register fraud cases, while shrewd and inhuman compensation givers twist and manipulate evidences and clause to dodge giving what they actually owe to the victims.

Much as one would like to believe, the situation is no different in the case of the Zadroga Claim. The situation is ever grim even though the James Zadroga Health and Compensation Act empowers all employees, at and around the attack site, at the time of the 9/11 WTC attack, suffering from any related illness, to demand an adequate compensation from their employers, for all the injuries and discomfort caused. However, in many Zadroga Claim cases, employers often give a point blank refusal to pay the required compensation to the employee...ie.. the suffering party. Apart from being illegal, disrespectful and unethical, this refusal can have negative implications beyond imagination.

Basically people depending on and asking for the Zadroga Claim are mostly police officers, volunteers, building workers, clean up workers, emergency service workers, federal employees, firefighters and all other Ground Zero workers helping out during the 9/11 attack. Besides them, residents of the World Trade Center area, such as the students studying in that locality and people working in and around the attack site, are also eligible for the Zadroga Claim. These victims are suffering from chronic and life-threatening health conditions such as such as Upper or Lower Airway Disease, Acid Reflux Disease, Obstructive Airway Diseases such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); or Obstructive Lung Defects such as Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS), occupational asthma (WTC Cough), Sarcoidosis, Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Cancer.

Thus, the atrocity of life condition of these poor victims can very well be understood. Treatments for these distressing illnesses can be very stressful and taxing. While the treatment costs involved can be sky rocketing and difficult to manage, the grave medical conditions make it impossible for the victims to earn a regular and substantial income to sustain themselves.

After all that has been said here, the urgency and desperate need of the Zadroga Claim can be well understood. After all the James Zadroga Health and Compensation Act is a $4.3 billion bill, federally guaranteed and funded. Officially, the Zadroga Act allows all victims of the 9/11 World Trade Centre Attack, to file claims for five years and collect benefits for six years. This compensation also covers wages and other economic losses of caused to the sickened workers and residents and guarantees the sufferers absolute peace of mind, and assurance and support.

Zadroga Claim help 9/11 attack victims to sustain their lives and maintain their health and treatments costs. To collect the claim however, the victim has to seek the assistance of a well qualified Zadroga Lawyer.