With the 17th anniversary of 9/11 fast approaching, the federal World Trade Center Health Program reveals 9,795 first responders and other New Yorkers have cancer directly linked to the toxic dust and smoke created by the twin towers’ implosion. (The Sun)
In all, more than 1,700 responders and others affected have died, including 420 of those stricken with cancer, officials said.
“9/11 is still killing,” said John Feal, an advocate for WTC responders.
“Sadly, this fragile community of heroes and survivors is shrinking by the day.”
The number of cancer patients has rapidly risen since the federal program started tracking the disease in 2013.
New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital gets 15 to 20 referrals for those poisoned by the long-dispersed toxic fumes every week, according to their medical director.
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