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How 9/11 is still having a fatal impact on New York's firefighters

New York City Fire Department (FDNY) firefighters salute outside Ladder Co. 10, Engine Co. 10 on the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC2CWI9L2HI7

In July 2019, officials in New York reported that 200 firefighters had died from illnesses related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Martin Armstrong
Data Journalist, Statista
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