Wow, that is a story! Courage and bravery. And I was gripped by the tale right to the end wanting to know how each person survived or not.

I find it difficult when corporations deliberately do not take care of people who've been hurt like this. The Post Traumatic Stress could easily become a life-long disorder for these men. The medical care alone for counseling and prescriptions to get through the initial hard times should be covered by some sort of disability pension from the corporation that benefitted from their labour. Or possibly it is a function of government to provide a disability pension and medical care for a period of a couple years until treatment is effective and the men can hold down a stable job.

I don't know where the responsibility lies but it seems that these men are left adrift in their lives with a reduced ability to earn a living and potentially monumental medical bills. Mental health issues are not well understood in our society and PTSD is especially misunderstood. With more and more veterans returning from Iraq as well, the mental health system needs an overhaul to be able to care for these men also.

It is possible that the corporation has done something for the men but it was not adequately discussed in the story. I may be speaking out of turn with my complaint however the corporation is fighting the lawsuit brought by the men who chose not to accept the $25,000 payment or the $50,000 payment. A corporation that would fight that kind of lawsuit is unlikely to be the benevolent sort that would offer medical or disability pension to survivors of this event.