[20150513]IF10227_2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击：健康和伤害赔偿计划的重新授权.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov May 13, 2015The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Reauthorization of Health and Injury Compensation ProgramsBackground The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives that day, at the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Rescue, recovery, and clean-up operations took more than a year and involved thousands of workers. Figure 1. New York City Firefighters at WTC Site September 14, 2001 Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Multimedia Library, http:/www.fema.gov/media-library. Shortly after the attacks Congress established the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF, P.L. 107-42, Title IV) to compensate families of those who died in the attacks, and survivors who suffered disabling injury during or in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. Over time it became apparent that some people who worked at the WTC site, or who lived or worked near it, had become ill, possibly as a result of exposure to toxins and other hazards in the aftermath of the attack. Starting in 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided grants to a group o