NEW YORK — Jon Stewart, the former host of the Daily Show, returned to the Comedy Central show Monday to continue his advocacy for passage of the Zadrogra Act to fully fund health care for 9/11 first responders.
Stewart urged, badgered and exhorted Congress, especially Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to pass the Zadroga Act. The law expired last month but has enough funding to last another year, according to The Associated Press.
Five years ago, Stewart discussed the health problems with a panel of four 9/11 first responders on the show. The panelists, Kenny Specht (FDNY), Chris Bowman (NYPD), Ken George (DOT), and heavy equipment operating engineer John Devlin, discussed the their health problems with Stewart.
Watch the 2010 episode of the Daily show with Jon Stewart and 9/11 first responders.
Monday night, Specht was the only panelist healthy enough to attend. Devlin is deceased and the two other panelists, Bowman and George, were too ill to make it to the show.
“Just out of curiosity where is everybody,” Stewart asked?
The videos below are from Monday’s episode.
“What message does it send to our first responders if once we’re done as a nation with them helping us, we forget about them? That’s unacceptable,” Stewart said speaking with Specht.