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Woman, 32, diagnosed with 9/11-related cancer years after the attacks which left her high school covered in toxic fumes
Michele Lent Hirsch was 16 when the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, four blocks from her high school in downtown Manhattan.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Gender, and Risk Factors: World Trade Center Tower Survivors 10 to 11 Years After the September 11, 2001 Attacks.
Ten to eleven years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was evaluated in 1,755 World Trade Center (WTC) evacuees based on data from the WTC Health Registry.
City teachers claim to be sickened by 9/11 toxins
A disturbing number of faculty members at Stuyvesant HS have died of cancer in the 16 years since 9/11 — because of exposure to toxins from Ground Zero, a retired teacher at the elite school claimed Friday.
Former student suspects her cancer is 9/11-related; she is not alone
Michele Lent Hirsch, 32, believes that her thyroid cancer, diagnosed in 2010, traces back to her days as a student at Stuyvesant High School right after September 11, 2001.
9/11 responders with PTSD more likely to have physical disabilities
PTSD was associated with a greater risk for functional limitations among World Trade Center responders, according to recent findings.
Grads of Schools Near Ground Zero: We Got Cancer From 9/11 Debris
The students at several schools around ground zero said they are now filing claims with the federal government to receive assistance from the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Forgotten Victims of 9/11 Learn They Are Eligible for Federal Help If Sick
People who went to school, lived, worked, or volunteered in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights on 9/11 and the months that followed and were exposed to the toxins released by the collapse to the World Trade Center are…
16 Years Later: In Need of Help
Thousands of New Yorkers are still getting sick from the environment in lower Manhattan in the months after 9/11. Errol Louis discussed with former Stuyvesant student Michele Hirsch and attorney Michael Barasch.
Lower Manhattan Residents, Workers Eligible For Free 9/11-Related Health Care
A lawyer is calling for anyone who lived or worked in Lower Manhattan during the September 11th terror attacks to see if they are eligible to receive free health care for 9/11-related illnesses.
Residents, workers sickened after 9/11 qualify for federal help, but many don’t know it, officials say
City officials want people who lived and worked near ground zero in the aftermath of 9/11 to know they may be covered under the Zadroga act if they become sick.