Chapter 7 and 911 Settlement

[Gwenfarr]

I was/am an NYPD sergeant.

I never smoked a day in my life, always worked out, and now I spend most days coughing.

Still, Im not as bad off as others, I have no cancer, just RADS disease and lung thickening and scarring, a few nodules......
nothing Im dying over yet.

[AngelinaCatHub]

Maybe he will go on to lower hanging fruit, but I doubt it when he is seeing $$$ signs.

I was in the newspaper a couple of times as the only female cop going up for trial in the first few cases.
Maybe I can call the reporter that did that peice and send her everything.

WOW, now you're thinking. That's a great idea. A scoop of a lifetime. In fact, it just may be possible to get that reporter to go over to interview that jerk. Now that would scare some evilness out of him wouldn't it? Good thought. 'Hub

[backtoschool]

I think you should contact all your press contacts. This trustee is not going to want a lot of publicity for being a greedy pig. I think if you fight back you have a good chance of winning. I lived in Brooklyn Heights, right near the Bridge and was in Tower 2 and went through the whole thing, and I remember that horrible acrid smell and all the ashes. My heart truly goes out to you. There will be strong sympathy that you should not be pursued so many years later by a greedy trustee.

[Gwenfarr]

LOL

Who the hell knows, Angelina?

If he has the nerve to go after people like me, he must have
no conscience, he probably feels he is justified.

I give up.

Thanks for all the help. Sorry to bother you guys with this,
but if nothing else, you all know now what I didnt when all this started.
A potential injury recovery can get seized years later. Just where is the new lease on life I was promised?
Im still waiting to see it.

[Gwenfarr]

Well I just looked and found her, the NY Times Mireyana Navarro....
There were several others too, I spoke to David Caruso of the associated press too.

Can you post links here? I dont know if she'd even want to have anything to do with it.
I get so angry when I think all this was for nothing, that greedy SOB is gonna take what little
they are giving me, and I will never be able to leave here. My one goal was to leave this city. Ugh.
I'm starting to cry again.

[AngelinaCatHub]

Well I just looked and found her, the NY Times Mireyana Navarro....
There were several others too, I spoke to David Caruso of the associated press too.

Can you post links here? I dont know if she'd even want to have anything to do with it.
I get so angry when I think all this was for nothing, that greedy SOB is gonna take what little
they are giving me, and I will never be able to leave here. My one goal was to leave this city. Ugh.
I'm starting to cry again.

Hey now, don't give up. This COULD be your ticket out of that city. That reporter probably would dig up your original interview, give a bit of life history, then tell about your fall into ill health which no doubt aided in you bk troubles, and then tell about what the gracious and thankful government is doing for......errrr strike that.....to you.

You could end up on some news shows and they pay for that you know. Take your lemons and turn them around into lemonade. 'Hub

P.S. always look on the bright side.

[backtoschool]

Well I just looked and found her, the NY Times Mireyana Navarro....
There were several others too, I spoke to David Caruso of the associated press too.

Can you post links here? I dont know if she'd even want to have anything to do with it.
I get so angry when I think all this was for nothing, that greedy SOB is gonna take what little
they are giving me, and I will never be able to leave here. My one goal was to leave this city. Ugh.
I'm starting to cry again.

I totally understand how you feel Gwenfarr. Ultimately I had to leave the city too. I think that the NY Times and most of the NYC papers will be interested in your story. In these difficult economic times, your settlement should not be up for grabs by a bottom feeding trustee. It should be exempt just like any other insurance or accident payout is. I think you definitely should contact all of your media contacts. Negative publicity is not what this trustee wants. He wants you to cave in, and pay him his blood money, but you are stronger than that and you should fight back.

[Gwenfarr]

LOL lemons and lemonade, next, I'll be on Oprah.

Somehow a cop who filed for bankruptcy years ago doesnt sound like something
anyone would want to be bothered with.

[Gwenfarr]

You had to leave too?

I just dont trust NYPD anymore. Im afraid they'll just send me into something terrible again,
and not take care of us.

I'm sorry, but when they said there was nothing wrong with us for all these years, it made me really bitter.

[Gwenfarr]

I've reached my 15 posts.

I guess I can post this here now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/science/earth/13zero.html

thats me front and center. There's a couple of other papers that have pics of me too.

Man this sucks. So Im gonna talk to a lawyer, and see what he has to say,
then Im gonna get myself together and fight back.

[AngelinaCatHub]

I've reached my 15 posts.

I guess I can post this here now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/science/earth/13zero.html

thats me front and center. There's a couple of other papers that have pics of me too.

Man this sucks. So Im gonna talk to a lawyer, and see what he has to say,
then Im gonna get myself together and fight back.

Gwen, it isn't about a policeman (person) It is about a heroen and 911. We cannot forget 911 or we're likely to allow a repeat of this in some other way. We must keep this in the news and your story of being abandoned by your PD is typical as they don't want suits and like my brother with agent orange when he used to sit on 55 gal drums while eating his C rations, NOW the government comes out with further proof and aid due to that stuff. Half the vets are passed of old age now. Don't go bitter but just become harder and fight this situation. You have to lock and load, you have a full belt of ammo and could likely be on Opra (her show still going?). Never give up. You were not a quitter going into that building putting your life in front of a regular citizen. You had people you knew who did not survive, I am sure. With this Pres we have, he stated we would absorb another one of these and "get over it". [as we did with the twin towers]. Do this for yourself first, but for your fallen buddies and those who currently are and will get screwed over by AH's like what you are dealing with.

For what you did in the twin towers, this is far more important now. Carry on. You have a LOT of ammunition on this one. 'Hub

[AngelinaCatHub]

Gwenn I'm assuming you're the sergeant being talked about in this article. Write Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, who seems to be fair and a watch dog over this settlement. Send him a copy of your letter and a clip of this article to refresh his memory. Now I am more than convinced you have this situation well in hand unless you fail to act at all. That is a Federal Judge and one call from him, and your Trustee will be humbled big time. This Judge has the power to set aside anything that Trustee pulls. Your problems are starting to turn into advantages. If you have a PACER account, you may be able to see if others on the PD are in your same situation. I am sure they may be. It's too bad NYC attempted to negate your diseases but in the end, you won. Now it's time to continue the victory. A nicely written letter to that Judge will do it. The press will finish them off, and reread what the Judge said about the lawyer's fees. That Trustee is a lawyer with greed in his eyes. 'Hub

Edit: Also in your coming 'nasty-note' to that shark, put this clip in and highlight the Judges name and the sentence that states he will over see the lawyer's fees so that they will not steal the money from that settlement. I hope you get a big enough one to leave NY. Try FL (our state) or TX another great state as there is no income taxes and you have a homestead right in both states.

[Pandora]

Gwenfarr - Thank you for your service to our country on that horrific day and every day before and thereafter. So sorry you had to go through that and are still going through it. That trustee sounds like a class act a$$hole.

b2school - glad you are still here and am also sorry you had to experience that first hand.

My best friend and my father were in the Pentagon that day. My best friend was in E ring and the plane came right through the room he and his staff were in; he and 3 others made it out, everyone else was lost - his entire office. My dad was just going into the building when the plane hit. I lost alot of friends that I used to work with that day.

[AngelinaCatHub]

I am an aviator and was watching TV live when 911 happened. I saw plane 2 turn and I cannot print my expletives here as I being a pilot saw before it happened, what was coming and was yelling to high hell from my motel bed. I could see in slow motion in my embedded mind, that thing happen.

Before we fell on hard times, we had plenty of money. I wrote a check for $3600 to a mortician friend for a black onyx 911 memorial marker to donate to our "Memorial Park". It stood in storage for three years as the AH's of the City (mostly the City Manager) did not have a place to put it. WTF it is "Memorial Park". I finally after threat of newspaper action, anonymously donated it and it was place on the City Hall property in front of the flag. Three years later. Not in "Memorial Park" where it should be. On Sept 11, there was no notation or setting of flags on that marker.

Why do we forget so soon? Why can we absorb this as our Ruler stated? More people died on that day than in Pearl Harbor December 7, 1940. Why is there a 'Victory Mosque" going up in ground zero area? I'll be one of the first arrested on their opening day predicted September 11, 2011 once I get my bacon bits throwing device invented and in use.

Gwenn you owe it to us to prevail on this adversity. It is not just your problem. If we keep allowing our Nation to become weak as it has been going in the last almost two years, we will have no Nation, character, morals, or pride. Too much has been lost already. My opinion. 'Hub

[backtoschool]

LOL lemons and lemonade, next, I'll be on Oprah.

Somehow a cop who filed for bankruptcy years ago doesnt sound like something
anyone would want to be bothered with.

I left nyc a year and a half ago to live a less stressful life. I have not looked back, and I am happy I made the move.

I think that this time of year is difficult for anyone that went through 9/11. I know that this year especially, I had very strong feelings and memories. And yes, many people would be very interested in your story.