"9/11 Aftershocks: Number Of Victims Still Climbing 17 Years Later"- Michael Scotto
More than 2,600 people died when hijackers flew two planes into the Trade Center, and the Twin Towers came down. Since then, a second tragedy has been unfolding, in slow motion: A growing number of 9/11 first responders and survivors falling ill and dying from diseases that could be caused by contact with the poisonous dust and air, which contained asbestos, benzene, PCBs, and more than 400 chemicals. "We had a witches brew. It was mix like no other," said Michael Crane, MD, MPH, director of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Tthe Mount Sinai Hospital. The federal World Trade Center Health Program says the number of first responders and survivors who are enrolled for monitoring or treatment has climbed to more than 89,000. More than 10,000 of them have cancer. Most of those who have fallen ill were first responders. According to a recent study, the risk of developing cancer among 9/11 first responders is up to 30 percent higher than the general public.
- 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
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