Twenty-two years ago this week, police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and volunteers converged on the remains of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers to sort through the rubble. In the wake of an unprecedented tragedy, heroes stepped forward to help their neighbors and their city.
The cleanup efforts at ground zero would continue for months. The City of New York estimates that over 91,000 individuals assisted in total, all of whom were exposed to the toxic mixture of dust, smoke, and chemicals arising from the wreckage. As the responders managed the psychological effects of their work, new questions arose. What would the time spent at ground zero mean for their physical health in the coming years?
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In particular, first responders, New York Police Department and Fire Department of New York members that reported to Ground Zero, have asserted that they are victims of diseases associated with the toxic cloud from the pulverized buildings and equipment. NYPD Detective James Zadroga, 34, was the first 9/11 responder whose 2006 death was directly linked with toxic Ground Zero substances. Gerard Breton, a pathologist of the Ocean County, New Jersey medical examiner’s office (which conducted an autopsy), reported that “It is felt with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the cause of death in this case was directly related to the 9/11 incident.” In addition to first responders that responded to the initial attack on the World Trade Center many assisted during recovery operations.
In 2017, 24 members of the NYPD died of cancer linked to toxins from the terrorist attack. In the first five months of 2018, another 24 members of the NYPD died of the same cause.
In 2020, the NYPD confirmed that 247 NYPD police officers had died due to 9/11-related illnesses. In September 2022, the FDNY confirmed that the total number of firefighters that died due to 9/11-related illnesses was 299. Both agencies believe that the death toll will rise dramatically in the coming years. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD), which is the law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the World Trade Center due to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owning the site, has confirmed that four of its police officers have died of 9/11-related illnesses.
The chief of the PAPD at the time, Joseph Morris, made sure that industrial-grade respirators were provided to all PAPD police officers within 48 hours and decided that the same 30 to 40 police officers would be stationed at the World Trade Center pile, drastically lowering the number of total PAPD personnel who would be exposed to the air. The FDNY and NYPD had rotated hundreds, if not thousands, of different personnel from all over New York City to the pile which exposed so many of them to dust that would give them cancer or other diseases years or decades later. Also, they weren’t given adequate respirators and breathing equipment that could have prevented future diseases
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