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by GEOFF EARLE Post Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Heroes of 9/11 went to Washington yesterday on a mission — to persuade the White House and Congress not to cut funding for cops and firefighters whose bravery during the terror attacks has resulted in physical and mental woes.
'[Firefighters] did the right thing. We expect that the right thing be done for them," said FDNY Chief Peter Hayden, who commanded operations in the World Trade Center's north tower that day.
First responder Marvin Bethea agreed.
"It's just a shame that the government forgot what we did," he said.
First responders joined lawmakers from both parties in urging the Bush administration to restore $125 million in proposed cuts in New York's unspent funds for workers compensation and retraining.
A House appropriations bill would take away the unspent funds, part of a $20 billion New York aid package enacted in 2001. A Senate bill would maintain the city's current funding.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused administration "bureaucrats" of trying to "go back on the word of the president," who signed the original aid package.
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