"If you're there for us fighting at the end, we're there for you, " Mr. Feal said.

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As a demolition supervisor at ground zero, Feal was severely injured when an 8, 000-pound steel beam crushed his foot.

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Mr. Feal, the advocate, said he believed that those calculations were too cautious.

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Mr. Feal called the program "a difficult, long overdue process, " but said he expected it will speed up in the next few years.

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John Feal was inspired to start the foundation in 2005.

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