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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 1. After the attack of 9/11, firefighters from all around the east coast came to help rescue others from this tragic terrorist attack and many got deathly sick from the surroundings. After the towers where hit, debris fell from the buildings causing so much dust people couldn't breathe or see, in which the firefighters were breathing in this entire time on their rescue mission. As an affect on the firefighters many of them got cancer and after already paying many medical bills to stay healthy their insurance ran out (Stewart), which stirred the argument that the government should cover the medical bills because of their life sacrificing duties. The healthcare insurance didn't cover any of the firefighters extra bills, which now leaves them with no help at all to fight against a deathly disease that they got helping for the good of others.

S tewart, Jon. "I Thought We Already Took Care of This S@#t." //The Daily Show//. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 2. As I said before firefighters from all around the east coast came to help the people who were affected by the attack of 9/11. As a result, saving many lives and helping many people, a lot of the firefighters were constantly breathing in the debris from the buildings that got hit which lead to people getting sick. Most of them just had coughs and dry throats but the others over time formed many types(14) of cancer, cancer has a 49% chance of being cured but the ones that aren't cured have a high chance of death (Stewart). With cancer comes enormous bills that get bettered with healthcare insurance, but once the healthcare insurance runs out a normal firefighter will not have the money to pay for the bills themselves so they ask the government for help. After 9 years of trying to pass this bill, they pass a bill to help the firefighters but it covers everything but cancer.

Stewart, Jon. "I Thought We Already Took Care of This S@#t." //The Daily Show//. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 3. Obviously, firefighters with 14 different types of cancer has not made our country stronger as a whole but it does have its benefits. It has brought up the argument of, should our government help pay for insurance of firefighters and police officers? which really tested the limits and lengths that the healthcare insurance would go for the people who work everyday to make our country and better place. "The bill passed, but Stewart still has reason for outrage. It was announced Tuesday that the compensation fund will not cover the cost of caner treatments (Stewart)" the healthcare insurance covered chronic coughing, chronic laryngitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. So after 9 years of debate on this topic and many people died from cancer in that 9 years, a bill did pass, but doesn't cover the biggest issue overall, which really shows the people the lengths it takes to get something done.

Stewart, Jon. "I Thought We Already Took Care of This S@#t." //The Daily Show//. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. . RUBRIC for Responses
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly addresses and answers the question
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your articles (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning