NYC and Contractors to Pay 9/11 Workers $657M. Dr. Marc Siegel and Gear Up Foundation Founder Vincent Forras on the aftermath for many workers at Ground Zero after 9/11.

"After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.