"Survivors Of September 11th Attacks Continue To Get Sick As A Result" - Erin Billups
The impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks continues to be felt, as survivors and first responders age, they are experiencing cancer and other diseases at higher rates than the general population. Michael Crane, MD, MPH, associate professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at The Mount Sinai Hospital said, “What keeps me up at night is what I don’t know, I don’t know what was there, even now.” Dr. Crane sees a trend emerging, “in the month of August, we had 73 people with new cancers come in, which I think is our peak, and it’s following a track.” Dr. Crane’s patient Bianca Miller, who was a volunteer working nine months at the world trade center site prior to the attack, has increased joint pain. “The best defense we have is being preventative,” said Miller as she visits the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence monthly.
- Michael Crane, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence, The Mount Sinai Hospital