"9/11's Second Wave: Cancer and Other Diseases Linked To The 2001 Attacks Are Surging" - Leah McGrath Goodman
Days after the attacks, rescue workers started showing up at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York for treatment and medical assistance. Many of them had injuries and respiratory problems from the debris that had fallen on them. "The symptoms these patients have are terrifying," says Michael Crane, MD, director of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai, which treats around 22,000 rescue and recovery workers. "They will suddenly wake up and find they cannot breathe." The average age of rescue and recovery workers is approaching 54, says Andy Todd, co-deputy director of the World Trade Center Health Program. More than half are suffering from multiple World Trade Center-related illnesses. Today, 15 years after the attacks, doctors are starting to understand why people are still dying.
- Michael Crane, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence, The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Andy Todd, PhD, Research Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Deputy Director of Mount Sinai's World Trade Center Health Program
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