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OPA News Release: [09/11/2002]
Contact Name: Kathleen
Harrington
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Secretary of Labor Elaine L.
Chao to Produce Documentary of Ground Zero Workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. –
“To honor and to commemorate” is how Secretary of Labor Elaine L.
Chao described the oral history the Labor Department is producing about the
massive recovery and clean-up effort at Ground Zero. The video program will
document and commemorate the unstinting efforts and dedication of the workers
at the site.
Chao went on to say, “The accomplishment of the recovery workers
was historic. We want to thank them for their dedication and effort but we also
want to make sure we record their achievement for posterity. That achievement
was not only a feat of work or technology; it was also an act of patriotism. In
addition to the workers at Ground Zero, we want to recognize the support
provided by the unions, contractors and federal, state and city officials. The
cooperation and determination of all those involved are examples of the best in
our country and its people.”
The oral history will feature interviews with rescue and construction
workers who were on site at Ground Zero as well as others involved in the
recovery and clean-up work. The video program will provide a record from which
to learn and a testament to the accomplishment of the employees who worked at
Ground Zero.
The department looks to involve a leading university in the production
of this oral history.
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