# The long death toll: how 9/11 is still claiming its first responders

https://mins.news/en/video/51560

- Reuters, 2026-09-09 15:07 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdRLnYeGK-4

> Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the health toll is mounting among the first responders who rushed to help. Many have developed cancers and other devastating illnesses linked to toxic air exposure at Ground Zero, while others have died before reaching the anniversary.

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