9/11 Victim Blog

  9/11 Lung Cancer screening is available through the World Trade Center Health Program for first responders, lower Manhattan residents and lower Manhattan workers.  This also includes screening for the numerous kinds of cancers that researchers have linked to exposure to the toxic cloud of dust and debris that lingered over and around Ground Zero after the attacks. The WTCHP covers diagnostic services, including blood work, imaging studies, biopsies, and specialty consults that a WTCHP doctor needs to determine if you have a cancer that is covered by the program. 9/11 Lung cancer is one of those cancers. Early diagnosis… READ ARTICLE

Joe Battista was an FDNY firefighter who worked for months at Ground Zero after the September 11th attacks, and then spent time sifting through debris at the Fresh Kills landfill looking for human remains. This soul-crushing work eventually took its toll. Battista was certified by the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) as having 9/11-related lung problems and acid reflux disease. But he also was certified by the WTCHP and numerous doctors as having severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and insomnia related to his post-9/11 work. He spent time in and out of mental hospitals, became estranged from his wife… READ ARTICLE

9/11 Prostate cancer caused by the toxic 9/11 dust has been diagnosed in almost 2,000 downtown workers, residents, students, and first responders. This year, the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) certified that 1,995 cases of prostate cancer were caused by the dust and other fallout from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. That’s a shocking, sad and disturbing number of almost epidemic proportions. In addition, our office is seeing more and more young clients between the ages of 45 – 60 being diagnosed with 9/11 prostate cancer.  One of the most important things Turley, Hansen does when we are retained by… READ ARTICLE

Despite scathing bipartisan criticism and serious concerns expressed by lawmakers, celebrities and 9/11 first responders, the Trump Administration has refused to modify its plans to change how the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) is managed and funded. These plans threaten a well-run and effective program which has provided and continues to provide vital, cost-free screening and treatment for over 83,000 first responders, recovery workers, and other survivors afflicted with cancer and scores of other 9/11-related health conditions. Earlier this year, as part of the administration’ proposed budget, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney announced a plan… READ ARTICLE

As we recently discussed, two new reports have added to the scientific and medical consensus that firefighters and other first responders who worked at the World Trade Center site on and after the 9/11 attacks were exposed to unprecedented environmental toxins and, as a result, have increased risks of many types of cancer. Thousands of cases of 9/11-related cancer have already been confirmed in WTC first responders, and those numbers are expected to grow. Now, researchers are attempting to determine just how many more 9/11-related cancer diagnoses among first responders can be expected in the years ahead. The study, “Estimation… READ ARTICLE

The air polluted with toxins by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in lower Manhattan has caused breast cancer in hundreds of downtown workers, downtown residents and first-responders. This tragedy, now about 17 years after the attacks, is getting worse. New cases of 9/11-caused breast cancer are being diagnosed by the doctors at the World Trade Center Health Program just about every day, with almost 400 cases of 9/11-caused breast cancer diagnosed so far. The doctors at the WTC Health Program have certified that the 9/11 toxic air caused 175 first responders to develop breast cancer. The current rate of breast cancer… READ ARTICLE