As of early this year, more than 500 of the agency’s 9/11 responders had severe respiratory disease and more than 2,600 had cancer, the FDNY's chief medical officer said.
The New York City Fire Department has lost dozens of members this past year to diseases related to rescue-and-recovery work after Sept. 11, 2001, pushing the department over a grim threshold: More FDNY responders have now died from 9/11-related diseases than were killed on the day of the attack.
On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 FDNY responders were killed, many as they rushed into burning, collapsing skyscrapers to try to save lives. Since that day, 363 more have died of illnesses related to the toxic work of digging through rubble looking for survivors and recovering the deceased, including fellow firefighters, according to the FDNY.
The names of the deceased were added to the memorial one at a time, with a ring of a bell, a recitation of the date of death and a loved one’s placement of a white flower at the foot of the wall. The dead included firefighters, paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians, plus one chaplain and one electrician.
Those who have been designated as having 9/11-related diseases have had their conditions certified by the federal government as being related to their exposure on Sept. 11 and in the months that followed. Prezant said 15,500 FDNY members showed up at Ground Zero at some point through the summer of 2002.
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