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Why people are still getting sick 16 years after the 9/11 attacks
Esther Regelson lived two blocks south of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
9/11 Children: Scientists Find Toxins in Their Baby Teeth
On September 11, 2001, Lucie Lagodich was just 11 months old but already able to sit up.
Children Who Survived September 11 Attacks May Face Heart Risks
Researchers examined people who were children when they lived through 2001 World Trade Center attacks in New York.
9/11 dust tied to heart risk in children, study says
When two hijacked passenger planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, a massive cloud of dust swept across the New York skyline.
Harrison officer dies from 9/11-related cancer
A retired Harrison police officer who responded to Ground Zero following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack died on Saturday — just two days before the 16th anniversary of the attacks.
New 9/11 monument: A moral imperative
We write on behalf of the thousands who are sick from the toxins released on 9/11.
9/11: Mental health of first responders in focus on 16th anniversary of terror attack
It has been 16 years since the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, but for the first responders who survived it feels like yesterday.
Honor their sacrifice: Put a prominent monument to ill and dead first responders on the 9/11 memorial plaza
A city that has just again recited the names of 9/11 dead still shamefully lacks a proper physical monument at Ground Zero to the thousands of heroes who rushed to The Pile in the hours and days after the attacks.
Sept. 11 First Responder Fights On Behalf Of Others Who Rushed To Help
Following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, first responders rushed to ground zero in Manhattan, where they braved dangerous conditions to rescue people buried in the rubble, retrieve the remains of the dead and clear the debris.