Mount Sinai doctors knew 9/11’s health toll would last decades. They’re still seeing it 25 years later

9/11’s dust and ash coated their childhood. Is it still making them ill?

Research into the toxic exposures from Sept. 11 initially focused on emergency responders. Now the view is expanding to nearby residents.

25 years later, these 9/11 survivors still carry the scars

Some felt the shake of the Twin Towers. Others braced for the news of a lost loved one. The personal scars still remain today.

Mount Sinai doctors knew 9/11’s health toll would last decades. They’re still seeing it 25 years later

Doctors are learning more about how the toxins released on 9/11 can trigger disease years — and even decades — after exposure.

9/11's Toxic Legacy Haunts Children 25 Years Later

Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, researchers are still working to determine the long-term physical and psychological effects on the estimated 25,000 children who lived or attended school near the World Trade Center, with previous studies finding elevated rates of asthma and depression among those exposed to toxic dust and trauma.