Report on 9/11 health impacts paints devastating picture

The first comprehensive summary of cancers and respiratory conditions among New Yorkers enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program has been released
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A man assists a woman leave the scene of the crisis.

Tens of thousands of people now have cancer or other serious health conditions linked to toxic dust from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, a landmark new report shows.

Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed some 3000 people, mostly in New York, when two commercial planes loaded with fuel hit the World Trade Center (WTC) towers.