9/11, 25 Years Later: The Far-Reaching Health Effects of 9/11

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 11

Rebecca Florsheim, MD, MPH, environmental health physician at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the World Trade Center survivor's clinic, discusses the health effects of the September 11th terrorist attacks, still ongoing 25 years later.

Photo: Capt. John Gallagher, FDNY (Ret.), right, stands with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., during a news conference to urge passage of the "James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act" to address the long-standing health effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Nov. 18, 2009. Gallagher was a first responder to ground zero on 9/11 and now suffers from a terminal lung disease. (Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)

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