Years later, cancer cases linger over 9/11 anniversary

NEW YORK: Jacquelin Febrillet was 26 years old on Sep 11, 2001 when extremist hijackers flew two passenger jets into the World Trade Center just two blocks from where she worked.

Eighteen months ago, the young father, now 37, was diagnosed with aggressive colon cancer - a disease that usually affects older men and which there is no history of in his family.Febrillet and Fahrer represent a growing category of patient who were living or working close to the World Trade Center in the wake of the attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people.

As the 18th anniversary of the attacks approaches, New York continues to count the number of people who have developed cancer or other serious illnesses related to the toxic cloud that hovered over Manhattan for several weeks.The 9/11 attacks released unprecedented amounts of chemicals into the air, including dioxins, asbestos and other carcinogenic substances.

Febrillet, now 44, is one of them. She recalls that the message at the time was to get the city back to normal as quickly as possible. "My wife asks me, 'Did terrorists cause your cancer?' I can't say 100 per cent, but I do know there could have been better efforts to limit the exposure of healthy adults from entering into the disaster area," he says.Health experts say it is impossible to pinpoint exactly the cause of cancer in every patient, but note that there is a clear correlation between the rate and exposure to toxic debris.

It is because of this that President Donald Trump signed a bill in July that extends a deadline for victims to file claims for compensation from December 2020 to 2090.

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