NYPD Bomb Squad Hero Reveals What Happened at Ground Zero

So now, the 9-11 program started in 2008.

Is that right?

The legislation was signed in 2010.

The James Zadroga bill was signed in 2010.

There was some monitoring that was done at Mount Sinai.

It's called the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program.

And then it transitioned to the World Trade Center Health Program when the legislation was signed by President Obama in 2010.

And Jeannie, would you say there's a lot of first responders out there who have not signed up?

Tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands.

So you think that's a lot of them, most of them are not unaware of what's available?

Most definitely.

You're talking about we had responders that came from every electoral district in the 50 states of the union except one that we know of that responded to New York, either officially or unofficially self-deployed to support rescue recovery and all the cleanup operations.

And there are those folks that the outreach is just not there, unfortunately.

The information is not really out there to educate them, so let them know.

You also have another side of responders that I meet quite often, especially in police and fire, that feel like they're taking away.

They know about the registration, but they think they're taken away from others that have either gotten sick or have passed away.

Or in some cases, I'll hear, I'm in good health.

I run five miles a day.

I have good insurance.

I don't need to do this.

Typical of us, right?

And then in the police, fire, and military, because we had the National Guard that was conducting the checkpoints and the site security down at the Trade Center, in addition to...

They have a notion that in addition to the medical plan that they have covers everything and they don't need to do it.

So it's a lot of misinformation.