9/11 burn victims feel disrespected as people forget the tragic day, tell them to get over it

They’re feeling burned all over again.Victims who suffered excruciating, life-changing burns during the 9/11 terrorist attacks say people have forgotten about the day’s catastrophic devastation — and are even treating them with disrespect.“There are people who tell the survivors of 9/11 that we need to get over it,” said Ken Summers, 76, who suffered third-degree burns at the World Trade Center.“They say, ‘I know your story.’ People don’t want to hear about it anymore,” Summers, of Long Island, told The Post ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.“People are 9/11’ed out – they’re done with it.

They’ve had enough, and I’ve felt like that for years.”Summers, who worked on the 27th floor, was about to mail a check in the lobby of the North Tower at 8:46 a.m, when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the building.He was engulfed by a massive fireball —  hurling him backward onto the sidewalk.The blast left him with painful third-degree burns on his hands and arms, and second-degree burns in his face and head.The former Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield analyst has since endured about a dozen grueling skin grafts and surgeries, has suffered from PTSD, and was forced to give up hobbies that once brought him joy.“It’s been tough — I’m always in pain.It’s with me every day,” said Summers, who’s now a grandfather.Too many people minimize the terrorist attack and his own gut-wrenching injuries, Summers said.An insensitive friend once blurted out, “Oh, sh-t – we’re going to hear this story for the rest of our lives,” he said. Others have dismissed his burns — which caused charred bubbling skin that destroyed his hair and peeled off in sheets —  as worth it for the payout.“At first almost everybody says, ‘Well, you must have gotten a lot of money,'” he said.“Yes, I’ve got a substantial sum of money, but I’ve also had a substantial amount of pain and recovery.

Are you factoring that in?” he sai...