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Two-thirds of 9/11 firefighters have some long-term illness related to exposure

Two-thirds of the 16,000 FDNY members who responded to the World Trade Center have conditions ranging from PTSD to asthma to cancer and 254 members have died of 9/11 related illnesses.

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