Untrained first responders who assisted in recovery efforts after the 9/11 terrorist attacks are more likely to have considered suicide in the years after.
Patti Verbanas-Rutgers •
futurity
May 3, 2022
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~5 min
In the past 20 years, 30,177 active military and veterans of post-9/11 wars have committed suicide. That's four times as many deaths as those killed in action.
Kat McAlpine-Boston •
futurity
Sept. 15, 2021
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~10 min
The first report of head and neck cancers in WTC first responders is alarming: a 40 percent increase in diagnosis of these diseases between 2009 and 2012.
Patti Verbanas-Rutgers •
futurity
Jan. 17, 2019
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~3 min