Rescuer of co-workers in Sept. 11 attacks denied workers' comp
ALBANY, N.Y. A court has denied workers' compensation benefits to a World Trade Center executive who rushed from home to help rescue victims of the September eleventh attacks. Christopher Duff was property manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the government agency that owns the trade center site. He had sought compensation because of psychological injuries.
But the Port Authority and the New York workers' comp board turned down Duff's claim, on the grounds that he hadn't been ordered to the scene by a boss.
Duff's lawyer says the decision does preserve Duff's claim to federal compensation for respiratory and psychological problems as a volunteer, and the Workers' Compensation Board says it will work with Duff to help him obtain federal benefits.
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