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new4now ago

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The New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project was founded in New York City in 2003 with the stated purpose of treating rescue workers for toxins inhaled from the smoke of the September 11 attacks.[1] It has two clinics: Downtown Medical on Fulton Street, two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center, and another at Williston Park, Long Island.[2][3][4] The project's co-founder and top fundraiser is the actor Tom Cruise.[1] It uses the Purification Rundown, a "detoxification" program invented by L. Ron Hubbard as part of Scientology's Bridge to Total Freedom. This rundown has been criticized by many doctors as pseudoscientific and medically dangerous, although it has produced positive testimonials from some recipients.[1][5][6] It was reported in October 2007 that 838 people had completed the program

Many of the participants spoke favorably of the program and reported improved physical and mental health.[23] Others said they were just taking advantage of the free saunas.[36] One Fire Department lieutenant was quoted describing colleagues as desperate for help with the distress they felt in the aftermath of the attacks, to the point that they would try anything.[3][36] Fire Department officials raised concerns about the project, saying that firefighters were being required to give up inhalers, pills and other orthodox medication.[3][21][36] Two weeks into the program, one firefighter passed out and was taken to an emergency room with severe asthma, later saying that he had been asked to stop using his inhaler.[23] According to the clinic's associate medical director, Dr. Kawabena Nyamekye, participants were being helped off medication at their own insistence, not at the request of Downtown Medical.[21] A former worker at Downtown Medical told reporters that staff were discouraged from calling for an ambulance even in an emergency, and that one of them had been required to break off contact with her boyfriend because he had left Scientology.[37] A spokesman responded that the clinic had "a clear policy of calling 911 when needed."[

( was not aware of this, Another "NGO"? coming in on humanitarian reasons and perpetuating a cover up? )

argosciv ago

( was not aware of this, Another "NGO"? coming in on humanitarian reasons and perpetuating a cover up? )

Keeps Scientology right up close to anyone who saw too much or who was experiencing a shift in perspective about the events - no doubt Scientologists were interested in taking in people who were having rapid 'awakenings' due to NDE(Near Death Experience) effects.

With Chuck Schumer praising them no-less...