9/11 death toll keeps growing decades later as toxic exposure haunts survivors

9/11 death toll keeps growing decades later as toxic exposure haunts survivors

9/11 volunteer EMT Mordechai Shedrowitzky says Ground Zero dust exposure worsened his asthma, leading to hospitalizations and a tracheobronchomalacia diagnosis years later.

Two Decades After the Towers Fell, 9/11 Illnesses Keep Claiming Lives in New York

More than 8,200 members of the World Trade Center Health Program have died as of March 2025, and survivors like former volunteer EMT Mordechai Shedrowitzky continue to face serious 9/11-related illnesses decades after the attacks.