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The appeal outraged Cathy Hanson, the widow of Detective Michael Hanson, who believes heavy metals wafting around Ground Zero caused her husband’s fatal illness. “I don’t know how these city lawyers live with themselves,” Hanson said about the appeal.
The firefighter's lawsuit cites a court decision that linked NYPD Emergency Services Unit Detective Michael Hanson’s death from Lou Gehrig’s Disease to the eight months he spent amid the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Loved ones of NYPD and FDNY members who were lost years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks reflected on the legacy of their family members after their deaths.
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled that Cathy Hanson is entitled to the same compensation received by others whose loved ones died from 9/11-related illnesses, but the city’s appeal of the ruling has put her claim on hold.