What 9/11 Survivors and First Responders Have Taught Us About Public Health in the 20 Years Since the Attacks
r. David Prezant was knocked fully airborne at 9:59 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He didn’t see the impact coming, but he felt it when it hit—and it nearly killed him.
Firefighters make their way over the ruins and through clouds of smoke at the World Trade Center in New York, on Oct. 11, 2001.Twenty years on, Prezant is still with the FDNY—now as its chief medical officer.
"It bothers me, mentally, that I was never able to rescue anyone or help anyone, except the actual day when I helped people cross the Williamsburg Bridge," says Tom Wilson.While Wilson had been healthy all his life, he soon developed a cough that wouldn’t go away. That was followed by gastrointestinal problems, chronic bronchitis, and eventually a cancer on his tongue that invaded the muscle below.
“I tried shampooing it, but it didn’t help,” Tinney says. “So I shaved it off, and yeah, it was no good. I’d still smell it. I smell it now whenever it rains or even gets humid.”
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