9-11 Disease Deaths Grow

Continued from my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog.

The average age of 9/11 First Responders is now about 55.  While many people face increased chances of cancer as they age, the rate among First Responders  is up to 30% higher than in the general population.

These numbers show the continued loss:

**  In 2017, 23 current or former members of the N.Y. City Police Department died of 9/11-related diseases.  That's the same number of NYPD members who died on September 11, 2001.

**  The NYFD lost a stunning 343 members on that day.  Since then line-of-duty deaths linked to 9/11 are approaching 180, now well over half of those lost that day

So many have died since the attacks that a new tablet had to be added to the Hall of Heroes at 1 Police Plaza to accommodate  all the names of the fallen.