¡¡¡Cancer Hits 283 Rescuers of 9-11 Posted: 06-12-2006¡¡By SUSAN EDELMAN http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/911/Cancer-Hits-283-Rescuers-of-9-11/41$49750 June 11, 2006 -- Since 9/11, 283 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have been diagnosed with cancer, and 33 of them have died of cancer, says a lawyer for the ailing responders.
Doctors say the cancers can strike three to five years after exposure to toxins such as benzene, a cancer-causing chemical that permeated the WTC site from burning jet fuel.