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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has apologized for saying  a fallen police officer  was no hero despite the fact that he had worked at ground zero for an extended time during the clean up at the World Trade Center.
The mayor extended his apology to the father of Jame Zadrogain a meeting at city hall. The city medical examiner Charles Hirsch said Zadroga’s death was not caused by toxic fumes at Ground Zero. The mayor said he was going to try to find a way for Sept. 11 victims memorial to include those who have been sickened by the toxic zero dust and debris.
“We wanted to have a hero,” Bloomberg said Oct. 29. “There are plenty of heroes. It’s just that in this case, the science says this was not a hero”” he told the Associated Press.
“The family of James Zadroga, a retired police detective, rejects allegations that the 34-year-old took any medications improperly. At least two other medical experts have concluded that the material found in his respiratory system included microscopic shards of debris from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The mayor backpedaled after saying Zadroga was not a hero, calling him “a great NYPD officer” who had repeatedly risked his life for the city and had gotten sick from breathing contaminated air at ground zero. He said, however, that it would be up to the public to decide whether Zadroga was a hero.”