day 15th anniversary september 11 former head environmental protection agency republican christie todd whitman finally admit wrong air quality grind zero.in days follow cripple attack whitman reassure first responders clean wreckage public air quality safe breathe glad reassure people new york air safe breathe water safe drinkas thousands americans suffer debilitate illness death due toxicity whitman remain silent years speak guardian whitman express immense guilt regret stay silent tell paper still feel awful events transpire whatever get wrong acknowledge people help sorry people sick say sorry people die epa way contribute sorry best could time knowledge every time come around anniversary cringe know people bring name blame say lie people die lie say people die make mistake.no doubt whitman feel ashamed doubt riddle regret guilt 15 years final decide speak 1,100 people diagnose cancer relate effect grind zero nearly 900 first responders die june 2009 apology come little late.the effect grind zero know years years republicans play politics healthcare like whitman take responsibility actions.as early 2003 inspector general criticize epa handle situation still accountability responsibility take whitman resign contend nothing inspector general find instead stem personal decisions disagreements vice president dick cheney whitman opportunity take responsibility choose to.republicans criticize obama response ebola zika h1-n1 look whitman th bush administration shameful ignorance ad deflection grind zero cancer cases.an apology fifteen years late good late never suppose.featured image via aaron davidson/getty image former epa head finally admit wrong grind zero air quality