5,441 people have been diagnosed with cancer tied to 9/11

World Trade Center after the 9/11 attack
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Americans are still dying from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A report by Newsweek published Wednesday revealed that people who worked on World Trade Center rescue efforts are being diagnosed with cancer by the thousands:

As of June, 5,441 of the 75,000 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program have been diagnosed with at least one case of 9/11-related cancer, according to data Newsweek obtained from the program. And many of them have multiple cancers, with the total number of cancers certified at 6,378 as of June. [Newsweek]

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