I'm a friend of George Tabb, whose columns many of you have read in MAXIMUMROCKANDROLL or whose bands you've dug over the lastcouple decades I want to tackle other things in the future, other crappy things going on in our own country and I want A LOT OF HELP doing all this, but right now there's a raging concern about Georges health that was A DIRECT RESULT of 9-11 here in New York. He was at ground zero helping out and he's sick because of it, because the E.P.A. lied about the air quality.

He's not the only one sick. EMS workers, cops, firefighter, other ground zero volunteers, also in very bad health, and the mainstream media, well, it SHOULD BE front page news, but they're not really touching this, the U.S. government is not taking any responsibility in helping these people out. They're on their own! E.M.S. workers, Police, firefighters, who are sick from the 9-11 aftermath have gotten their pensions threatened when they've tried to go to the media. BECAUSE NOBODY IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING THESE PEOPLE OUT WITH THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ADMITTANCE OF COVERUPS FIRST IN ORDER TO DO THAT.........and as a result my dear friend is literally fucked without help!

Hi, my name is George Tabb, and while I really HATE to do THIS, I have to ASK for YOUR HELP.

Actually, it makes me angry to no end to even have to think about doing this. You see, I was living by the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when those mass murderers attacked our country and killed a lot of my friends.

To make things worse, they left a mess that OUR OWN GOVERNMENT denies exists. What kind of mess? The debris from two of the largest buildings in the world collapsing. While common sense would tell ANYONE that the air is dangerous, especially with the fires burning and all, our own government with THE EPA lied to our faces.

They said it was safe, and we should continue to live near the smoking crematorium.

AFTER getting sick and doing some of my own investigating, I found, what of course, were shocking results. The air WAS POISON and it WAS going to KILL PEOPLE. Hell, it was already making people with pre-existing conditions a lot worse. You know, like if you had asthma, it was harder to breathe. The same thing happened with my stomach.

Did anyone believe me?

Not really.

So I took action. I went on TV, in magazines, and in newspapers, telling anyone I could that this was not a good situation. Mostly I was laughed at and called controversial. Then when our government started offering EVERYONE in New York City FREE air filters, I could see a pattern emerging.

Fix this giant wound with a band-aid.

Well, that wound has grown into a full blown infection that is now killing residents, workers, and rescuers alike. And that includes ME.

Why do I hate this so much? Because I’m the one who saw this coming a mile away. I said everywhere I could there was going to be fallout and cancer clusters. Most people’s answers were to snicker behind my back and call me “Henny Penny”. People like Fox News.

Well folks, the sky did fall, and now I’m sick.

A TON of money was raised for 911 victims. Where is that money? The hell if I know. I got some of it to help me move away after a year and a half of living hell. A little. A very little. And, everything I owned ended up in a landfill in Staten Island.

Now it’s 2006, and I have found myself bankrupt and divorced (very related to 911), and really sick.

I have had over a foot of my large intestines removed, two more surgeries on that area, and now, a raging infection that seems to be very “mysterious”.

My doctor tells me I need all these expensive tests to find out what’s going on before I die, and when I turned to our own government, all I have faced is red-tape, and the sorry excuse that “there just isn’t funding available for this sort of thing”. It makes me want to break things.

I KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

I can’t work because I can’t stay healthy, or even get healthy, and the hell if I’m going on public assistance. Because that’s just what they want. Me to be another “victim” of this whole mess, and have to depend on them, when they lied in the first place - enough so that lots of us are sick.

NO.

I’m asking for your help. I need donations. Money sent to me through the address given or even better, through the PAY-PAL thing I’ve set up. And I need this money quickly. The clock is ticking away and if the doctors can’t find what’s wrong with me and treat it on time, well, just add my name to that list of those who perished on September 11th.

This SUCKS.

I’ve done benefits for others all of my life, and it’s come to this. Having to ask for money to SAVE MY OWN LIFE. Many of you may think just because I have 2 books out, and stuff like that, I’ve got funding. Truth is, fame and fortune do NOT go hand in hand. I’m broke, and don’t know what to do except this. I will be very happy if people buy my books, so please do. But right now, if I don’t get some help, I won’t be able to write anymore. And that’s what I want to do. Write more books, live a normal life, and continue to speak out and help those around me.

So please, give whatever you can. Because the United States Government acts like I don’t exist. And that’s a damn shame. Because I LOVE this country. I love America. For the opportunities it affords to all of us. There is no place better on the planet. I love what America stands for. Truth, Justice, and Freedom.

And I’d die for this country. But I just don't want to go out like this. Not this way. It's just wrong.