President George W. Bush will be in the city today to deliver a speech on the economy, but he is also expected to meet with the son of a September 11th, 2001 first responder, who died last week waiting for a lung transplant.

The president is speaking at Federal Hall this morning, and there are plans for him to meet with Ceasar Borja, Jr. who has been on a crusade in his father's name to get funding for other first responders who have become ill.

Borja, Jr. plans to attend a rally outside Federal Hall before the president's speech.

"I would like President Bush to see the full effect of the aftermath of 9/11 and to see what happens to a family in time when their hero does not get helped," said Borja, Jr.

The meeting comes along with word from the White House that it will budget $25 million to help ailing 9/11 workers. The money is being set aside for programs at Mount Sinai Medical Center and for New York City firefighters.

"There is finally an acknowledgement at the federal level that there is a federal responsibility to help those men and women who responded so heroically and volunteered their services after 9/11," said Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella.

Critics say $25 million is hardly enough to treat the looming health care problems.

“I’m sure the next disaster whether it will be a terrorist attack or another Katrina, there will be some people who will hesitate about going due to the fact that the people from 9/11 were treated so badly,” said retired paramedic Marvin Bethea.

 “They’re acting like nobody’s sick,” said Jimmy Nolan, a carpenter. “They should start making a list of how many construction workers are sick. I mean, I’m on jobs here and guys lost a kidney, a lung; guys can’t breathe anymore. It’s ridiculous and if we