The New York Daily News shares the story of Daniel Arrigo, a construction worker who was part of the massive cleanup effort at the Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Arrigo got sick with a severe lung disease from inhaling vapors and toxic fumes at the cleanup site. He had to stop working in January 2008, but Zurich North America, the insurance company providing workers' compensation coverage for his employer, denied Arrigo's claim.

[Arrigo] called himself a poster boy for thousands of sick 9/11 responders caught between the slow-moving state compensation board and insurance firms that skillfully game the system to fight claims.

In addition to Arrigo's devastating illness, his family suffered incredible financial hardship as a result of his inability to work.

Ill and unemployed, Arrigo also fell behind on his rent. The family was evicted from their Staten Island home and forced to move into two cramped rooms with Arrigo's brother in Long Beach, L.I.

But this is a good news story. Arrigo this week won workers' comp benefits -- $400 a week plus $20,000 in back payments.