# Widow shares story of FBI agent who died of cancer after 9/11

https://mins.news/en/video/54998

- NBC News, 2026-09-11 17:26 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3yCMv_wURQ

> The widow of FBI agent Jack Hess recounts how he developed stage-four cancer after responding to the Pentagon on 9/11. She describes his story and the attack’s continuing ripple effects 25 years later.

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