http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Uqd25iQ-4
Christie Whitman says air is safe days after 911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdttHY59b4
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-30/local/29381954_1_death-certificate-gastric-cancer-body-snatchers
Family of NYPD cop George Wong who died of cancer rages at city for taking body to disprove 9/11 tie
Facing accusations they carted away the body of a dead cop to prove he didn't die from a 9/11-related illness, city officials claimed Wednesday they're not body snatchers - just bureaucrats.
George Wong, 48, died last Thursday of gastric cancer - and his doctor listed his cause of death as a result of "9/11 toxic exposure."
Mayor Bloomberg said the city was simply following the law when workers snatched the cancer victim's body from a Manhattan funeral home Monday, causing Wong's funeral to be postponed a day.
"When there is a death that the death certificate says is not of natural causes, the medical examiner is required by law to go and to perform whatever they think is appropriate," Bloomberg said.
The mayor defended the move as about 120 mourners packed the Ng Fook Funeral Home in Chinatown on Wednesday to bid farewell to Wong.
Wong's parents sat shoulder to shoulder during the Christian service, staring at their son's open blond wood coffin.
Hanging above it was a white sign with a poignant message in Chinese: "Brotherhood goes deep."
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Bloomberg did not attend the service.
Even before the funeral began, Wong's brother ripped into the city.
"Taking the body was very upsetting to my family," Howard Wong, 40, told the Daily News. "It was disrespect. I don't want this to ever happen to any other family."
Wong's mother, Mei Sin Wong, 73, patted her chest as she said softly, "My heart. It hurts."
George Wong, who spent 20 years on the force before he received a disability retirement in 2006, performed security duties at Ground Zero after the terror attacks, relatives said. He was diagnosed with cancer in November 2009.
After Wong passed away, his hospice doctor, Lyla Correoso, attributed his death to 9/11.
When Health Department officials noticed the determination, they forwarded it to the medical examiner's office, which reviews all deaths not considered natural.
Panicked city workers pulled Wong's body from the funeral home hours after the wake on Monday. They inspected the body, but relatives wouldn't consent to an autopsy. The corpse was returned after the 9/11 reference was removed from the death certificate.
The office will review Wong's medical records and the physical evidence to determine the cause of death.
"This is about the type of death, not the cause of death," City Hall spokesman Jason Post said. "Thecity has honored many fallen heroes who have passed from 9/11-related illness."
Union officials were unmoved.
"This is an unforgivable case of bureaucratic overreaction where legal concerns outweighed compassion for the grieving family of a hero police officer," said Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
rschaprio@nydailynews.com
http://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/members_and_staff/#n09
Excerpt:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/an_unpleasant_duty_rQaRHE354UqT5P7qGz1e1M
Excerpt:
It is far from clear that Wong's cancer was caused by "9/11 toxic exposure" -- as hospice doctor Lyla Correoso declared.
Does Correoso have the scientific credentials to make such a finding? Who knows; she's been in hiding for days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Todd_Whitman
Excerpt:
Early life, education, and family
Whitman was born in New York City and grew up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the daughter of Eleanor Prentice Todd (née Schley) and Webster B. Todd, both interested in New Jersey Republican politics. She attended Far Hills Country Day School[3] and the Chapin School in Manhattan. She graduated from Wheaton College in 1968, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. After graduating, she worked on Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign.
Whitman is a descendant of two New Jersey political families, the Todds and the Schleys, and related by marriage to New York's politically-active Whitmans. She is married to John R. Whitman, a private equity investor. They have two children. She is the granddaughter-in-law of former Governor of New York Charles S. Whitman. Her maternal grandfather, Reeve Schley, was a member of Wolf's Head Society at Yale and the vice president of Chase Bank when it indeed had only one vice president. He was also a longtime president of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Whitman's daughter Kate has followed her mother into politics.[4] Most recently, Kate Whitman ran for the 2008 Republican nomination for New Jersey's 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, placing second in a primary field of seven candidates with about 20 percent of the vote.[5] Previously, Kate Whitman served as press secretary for Craig Benson’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign in New Hampshire, and later, communications director for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.[6] She also was a Congressional aide[7] and in 2007, she was named executive director of the Republican Leadership Council, her mother's organization which promotes moderate Republicanism.[8] Kate Whitman made news in 1998 at the age of 21, while her mother was governor, when she was cited by police in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for littering.[9]
Whitman also has a Scottish Terrier named Coors, who is the mother of former president Bush's dog Barney.[citation needed]
Whitman has been a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey.[10]
Video mentions Wolf's Head along with Skull and Bones
http://wn.com/Wolf's_Head_(secret_society)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf's_Head_(secret_society)
Excerpt:
Founding
The society was founded when fifteen members of the Yale Class of 1884, with an assist from a few members of the Yale Class of 1883 who were considered possible taps for the extant societies, chose to abet the creation of The Third Society, later known as Wolf's Head Society, by the Phelps Trust Association in 1883.[1][2][3] Eventually over 300 alumni and some prominent faculty joined with the undergraduates to counter the dominance of Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key in undergraduate and university affairs.[3][4][5]
The incorporation defeated the last attempt to abolish undergraduate secret societies at Yale, and continued the tradition of founding a society if enough potential members thought they had been overlooked by the extant groups. Bones was organized in 1832 after a dispute over selections for Phi Beta Kappa awards; likewise, Scroll and Key, the second society at Yale, was organized in 1841 after a dispute over elections to Bones.[6][7]
George Wong, 48, died last Thursday of gastric cancer - and his doctor listed his cause of death as a result of "9/11 toxic exposure."
Mayor Bloomberg said the city was simply following the law when workers snatched the cancer victim's body from a Manhattan funeral home Monday, causing Wong's funeral to be postponed a day.
"When there is a death that the death certificate says is not of natural causes, the medical examiner is required by law to go and to perform whatever they think is appropriate," Bloomberg said.
The mayor defended the move as about 120 mourners packed the Ng Fook Funeral Home in Chinatown on Wednesday to bid farewell to Wong.
Wong's parents sat shoulder to shoulder during the Christian service, staring at their son's open blond wood coffin.
Hanging above it was a white sign with a poignant message in Chinese: "Brotherhood goes deep."
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Bloomberg did not attend the service.
Even before the funeral began, Wong's brother ripped into the city.
"Taking the body was very upsetting to my family," Howard Wong, 40, told the Daily News. "It was disrespect. I don't want this to ever happen to any other family."
Wong's mother, Mei Sin Wong, 73, patted her chest as she said softly, "My heart. It hurts."
George Wong, who spent 20 years on the force before he received a disability retirement in 2006, performed security duties at Ground Zero after the terror attacks, relatives said. He was diagnosed with cancer in November 2009.
After Wong passed away, his hospice doctor, Lyla Correoso, attributed his death to 9/11.
When Health Department officials noticed the determination, they forwarded it to the medical examiner's office, which reviews all deaths not considered natural.
Panicked city workers pulled Wong's body from the funeral home hours after the wake on Monday. They inspected the body, but relatives wouldn't consent to an autopsy. The corpse was returned after the 9/11 reference was removed from the death certificate.
The office will review Wong's medical records and the physical evidence to determine the cause of death.
"This is about the type of death, not the cause of death," City Hall spokesman Jason Post said. "Thecity has honored many fallen heroes who have passed from 9/11-related illness."
Union officials were unmoved.
"This is an unforgivable case of bureaucratic overreaction where legal concerns outweighed compassion for the grieving family of a hero police officer," said Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
rschaprio@nydailynews.com
http://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/members_and_staff/#n09
Excerpt:
Lyla J. Correoso-Thomas, M.D.
Dr. Lyla Correoso is a graduate of Northwestern University and Meharry Medical College and trained in New York City in Hematology/Oncology. Upon completion of her training she joined Calvary Hospital as an attending physician. During her 18 years at Calvary, she had an instrumental role in creating their homecare and outpatient department. In 2002, she joined the Montefiore Palliative Care team and served as their associate medical director and developed their Palliative Care Fellowship. In 2004, Dr. Correoso joined the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice team as the medical director of the Bronx Hospice Team. Dr. Correoso has served on the New York State Attorney General's Commission on Quality Care at the End of Life and on the New York State Department of Health's panel on pain. She is a past trustee on the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She presently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Bronx American Cancer Society, the Westchester Coalition on End of Life Care, and the Bronx Lebanon Integrative Service Systems. She is a past recipient of the 2006 Bronx NAACP Humanitarian Award. She received a New York State proclamation from Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat for her outstanding contributions to the health field as a professional woman during Black History Month 2008. Dr. Correoso is currently serving on the New York State Palliative Care Education Council. Her areas of interest have been in ethics, pain management, and disparities at the end of life. She has been a member of the Task Force since 2009.http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/an_unpleasant_duty_rQaRHE354UqT5P7qGz1e1M
Excerpt:
It is far from clear that Wong's cancer was caused by "9/11 toxic exposure" -- as hospice doctor Lyla Correoso declared.
Does Correoso have the scientific credentials to make such a finding? Who knows; she's been in hiding for days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Todd_Whitman
Excerpt:
Early life, education, and family
Whitman was born in New York City and grew up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the daughter of Eleanor Prentice Todd (née Schley) and Webster B. Todd, both interested in New Jersey Republican politics. She attended Far Hills Country Day School[3] and the Chapin School in Manhattan. She graduated from Wheaton College in 1968, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. After graduating, she worked on Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign.
Whitman is a descendant of two New Jersey political families, the Todds and the Schleys, and related by marriage to New York's politically-active Whitmans. She is married to John R. Whitman, a private equity investor. They have two children. She is the granddaughter-in-law of former Governor of New York Charles S. Whitman. Her maternal grandfather, Reeve Schley, was a member of Wolf's Head Society at Yale and the vice president of Chase Bank when it indeed had only one vice president. He was also a longtime president of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Whitman's daughter Kate has followed her mother into politics.[4] Most recently, Kate Whitman ran for the 2008 Republican nomination for New Jersey's 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, placing second in a primary field of seven candidates with about 20 percent of the vote.[5] Previously, Kate Whitman served as press secretary for Craig Benson’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign in New Hampshire, and later, communications director for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.[6] She also was a Congressional aide[7] and in 2007, she was named executive director of the Republican Leadership Council, her mother's organization which promotes moderate Republicanism.[8] Kate Whitman made news in 1998 at the age of 21, while her mother was governor, when she was cited by police in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for littering.[9]
Whitman also has a Scottish Terrier named Coors, who is the mother of former president Bush's dog Barney.[citation needed]
Whitman has been a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey.[10]
Video mentions Wolf's Head along with Skull and Bones
http://wn.com/Wolf's_Head_(secret_society)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf's_Head_(secret_society)
Excerpt:
Founding
The society was founded when fifteen members of the Yale Class of 1884, with an assist from a few members of the Yale Class of 1883 who were considered possible taps for the extant societies, chose to abet the creation of The Third Society, later known as Wolf's Head Society, by the Phelps Trust Association in 1883.[1][2][3] Eventually over 300 alumni and some prominent faculty joined with the undergraduates to counter the dominance of Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key in undergraduate and university affairs.[3][4][5]
The incorporation defeated the last attempt to abolish undergraduate secret societies at Yale, and continued the tradition of founding a society if enough potential members thought they had been overlooked by the extant groups. Bones was organized in 1832 after a dispute over selections for Phi Beta Kappa awards; likewise, Scroll and Key, the second society at Yale, was organized in 1841 after a dispute over elections to Bones.[6][7]
George Wong joins his brothers
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