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9/11 Air Also Claimed Its Victims [1]

Ironworker Joe Picurro volunteered to help work on "the pile" at Ground Zero that resulted from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Now he is nearing death from the air he breathed there. He is one of thousands suffering similar diseases.

Juan Gonzalez reports for the New York Daily News September 8, 2009. [2]

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"Little Physical Harm To Non-Residents From WTC Dust" [3]

Disasters [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Public [6]
Source: NY Daily News [2], 09/11/2009
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/911-air-also-claimed-its-victims [2] http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/09/2009-09-09_its_time_to_rescue_our_heroes.html [3] http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5895O520090910?sp=true [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81