FDNY firefighters in the ruins of the World Trade Center on Oct. 11, 2001. Researchers at Stony Brook University have concluded that responders exposed to the toxic dust and debris at the World Trade Center and at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island are developing early onset dementia at a significantly higher rate than the general population.
AP/Stan Honda
NYPD officers near City Hall on Sept. 11, 2001, take a break surrounded by dust and debris.
Mark Lennihan/AP
A report released by the FDNY this month ahead of 9/11's 25th anniversary reveals that 1,334 members of the FDNY who were present at the World Trade Center on 9/11 or in the months of cleanup that followed have died. The figure includes over 440 firefighters who have succumbed from 9/11-related illnesses, including numerous types of cancers and respiratory diseases.
Mark Lennihan/ AP Photo
Firefighters and rescue workers on the remains of the twin towers at Ground Zero Sept. 12, 2001.
Stephen Shames
The families of the 343 firefighters who were killed in 9/11 have been active advocates on a number of issues for the last 25 years, but now some are dying of illnesses related to their time spent at Ground Zero in the weeks after 9/11.
Graham Morrison/ AP Photo
Downtown Manhattan the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, photographed from Jersey City.
Courtesy of WallyGobbetz via @wallyg, Flickr
The Statue of Liberty is seen at first light in this view from Jersey City, N.J., against a smoke-filled backdrop still clinging to the lower Manhattan skyline early Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001.
AP /Dan Loh
After 9/11, NYC Transit Authority workers labored at Ground Zero to help find the remains of victims.
The New York Transit Museum Collection
Visitors from around the world gather at the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
Carter Myers-Brown / The Chief
FDNY firefighters took a break during emergency response efforts following the 9/11 attacks.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
The 9/11 Memorial draws visitors of different generations, including people too young to remember the attacks firsthand.
Carter Myers-Brown / The Chief
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