9/11 emergency service worker receives double lung transplant

9/11 emergency service worker receives double lung transplant

William Giammarino took the first unassisted, clear breath with his new lungs on Sept. 11, 2024. Exactly 23 years before, Giammarino, of Holbrook, was dispatched to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.  Giammarino, a former NYPD Emergency Service worker, served at ground zero at the World Trade Center every day for four months after 9/11. He worked on “The Pile,” where toxins and fine particulate matter hung in the air — an environment Giam…