Nation: Deaths from 9/11 diseases will soon outnumber those lost on that fateful day

Source: USA Today

September 6, 2018 8:43 am

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Seventeen years out from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, nearly 10,000 first responders and others who were in the World Trade Center area have been diagnosed with cancer. More than 2,000 deaths have been attributed to 9/11 illnesses.