The September 11 attacks are taking a “staggering” toll on first responders nearly two decades after al-Qaeda-hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center.
By Aaron Katersky
Friday, September 07, 2018 06:07PM
NEW YORK CITY — The September 11 attacks are taking a “staggering” toll on first responders nearly two decades after al-Qaeda-hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center.
Nearly eight times as many New York City police officers have died of 9/11-related illnesses in the 17 years since the attacks than were killed on that day.
Twenty-three NYPD officers were killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. But in the 17 years since, 156 have died of illnesses contracted from their time on what was then known as “the pile,” the mountain of toxic debris from the fallen towers.
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