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Firefighters and other members of the fire
service should join the National

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Firefighter Registry because it gives us
an opportunity to have a database

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that is tracking our health.

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We do not have a robust amount of women

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and people of color to be able
to give us the data that we need.

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I am a 9/11 first responder survivor,

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and I am also a part of the ceremonial
unit in the FDNY.

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In that unit,
we are still burying World Trade Center

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firefighters that responded from illnesses

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on almost a weekly or biweekly basis.

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We are dealing with the death
of firefighters, having to deal

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with different cancers.

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Some are just really unknown.

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And we know the smoke,

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all the toxins in the air,
really did a number on their body.

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We're out there every day
on the front lines, and this registry

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will help us just to be able to gather
the information that we need to be safe.

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And it's really, really important
that we all contribute to it.