In the 23 years since the 9/11 attacks, illnesses that were linked to the rescue work from the World Trade Center have killed more members of the New York City Fire Department than were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
“Those insurmountable losses did not end at the World Trade Center site,” New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said, reports WABC in New York City on Tuesday. “Instead, we have seen our members become sick because of the time they spent working in the rescue and recovery.”
According to FDNY officials, 343 members of the department died on the day the Twin Towers fell, but since then, illnesses linked to the terrorist attack have claimed more than 370 members.
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