The variety of first responders from the New York City Fire Department to have died from sicknesses associated to 9/11 has reached 343 – matching the quantity who died on the day of the assaults.

Hilda Vannata, an emergency medical technician, died from pancreatic most cancers on 20 September this yr, whereas retired firefighter Robert Fulco died of pulmonary fibrosis on 23 September, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh has stated.

She added that each sicknesses have been a results of “time they spent working in the rescue and recovery at the World Trade Center site”.

“With these deaths, we have reached a somber, remarkable milestone. We have now suffered the same number of deaths post September 11th as we experienced that day when the north and south towers fell. Our hearts break for the families of these members, and all who loved them,” Ms Kavanagh stated in an announcement.

“Our responsibility to our FDNY (Fire Department of New York) colleagues extends far beyond what we asked of them on September 11th and in the days and months that followed during rescue and recovery.”

Exposure to the poisonous supplies within the aftermath of the phobia assault has been linked to heightened danger of heart problems, respiratory illness, most cancers, and different ailments.

Ms Kavanagh stated: “The toll of these illnesses on our FDNY responders continues to grow and includes not only the 343 who have died since 9/11, but also the 11,000 who suffer from WTC-related diseases, including 3,500 with cancer.”

She added that the division’s “commitment to their service and sacrifice must remain as unshakeable for the next two decades as it has been for the last two”.

“So many of our members showed up for us that fateful day, and so many were lost. The legacy we create for them is one of honour, and one of promise. That is why we continue to advocate for the survivors, and we will not stop pushing until all our members have the care they deserve, for the rest of their lives,” Ms Kavanagh wrote.

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More than 71,000 persons are reported to be enrolled within the World Trade Center Health Registry, which seeks to trace the well being of 9/11 first responders and different folks caught up within the assaults.

Workers who have been in both of the World Trade Center buildings and individuals who lived in surrounding properties are amongst those that have additionally suffered well being issues on account of the atrocity.

Nearly 3,000 folks have been killed when al Qaeda terrorists hijacked passenger planes and flew them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon HQ in Washington. Another hijacked aircraft crashed in a Pennsylvania subject.

The assault marked the biggest lack of emergency personnel in US historical past.