They call themselves “99ers” - out-of-work job-hunters in dire straits because their unemployment benefits have run out.

They turned to the Internet for solace. Now they’re turning into a grassroots political movement.

They’re staging a protest rally on Wall Street Thursday at Federal Hall, just steps from the New York Stock Exchange, where they will demand that Congress broaden unemployment benefits to include them.

Lore Croghan, NY Daily News