took for fdny, for nypd. for port authority. for ems to respond to an urgent feed from the public, five seconds. hundreds die in an instant. thousands more poured in to continue to fight for their brothers and sisters. the breathing problems started almost immediately. they were told they weren't sick, they were crazy. then as the illnesses got worse and things payment more apparent. okay, are you sick. it's not from the pile then when the science became irrefusable. okay, it's the pile.