Moore to Defend Ground Zero Workers
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Friday, May 25, 2007
HOLLYWOOD - Filmmaker Michael Moore has vowed to protect the Ground Zero workers he brought to Cuba for medical treatment from U.S. authorities.
Moore brought men and women who had assisted in the clean-up of lower Manhattan following the September 11th terrorist attacks to the Communist nation to receive medical treatment for the ailments they have developed over the past five years, for which they have not received adequate medical care in the U.S.
Cuba is under a trade embargo from the U.S. and a majority of Americans are not allowed to visit the island.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control started an investigation into Moore's Cuba trip, which appears in his new film Sicko exposing the flaws of the U.S. healthcare system.
Following the film's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend, Moore insists he will protect the Ground Zero workers in the movie after recent press revelations they will also be under investigation by the Treasury Department.
Moore says, "The New York Post reported Sunday that the Bush administration, in addition to going after me for filming scenes in or near Cuba, may now go after the 9/11 rescue workers I took with me to get the medical care they were denied by our own government.
"I couldn't make up irony like this if I wanted to, and I will do whatever is necessary to defend the human right of these true American heroes to receive the medical attention they deserve."
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