The New York Post reports:
At least 204 Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers have died since 9/11 — succumbing to a range of cancers and other ailments, according to preliminary results of a state Health Department study. Researchers have confirmed 98 fatalities so far with death certificates. They show that 77 died of illnesses, including 55 from lung and various other cancers, the lead researcher told The Post. Traumatic injuries, such as from car crashes or gunshots, killed the other 21, including three suicides. Five deaths were homicides – four of them cops in the line of duty. “We’re not saying they are all World Trade Center related; we’re just saying this is what people are dying from,” said Dr. Kitty Gelberg, the state Bureau of Occupational Health’s chief epidemiologist.
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The FDNY, the NYPD, the WTC Medical Monitoring Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, and the city’s WTC Health Registry have yet to share their data, pending negotiations on patient confidentiality, Gelberg said. Lawyers for 10,000 WTC responders or their families who have filed toxic-injury suits have turned over names on the condition that the next of kin not be contacted, she said.