Economic Report: Toll On 9/11 Workers Continues - 05/09/08

Economic Report:

September 11, 2001 is still taking tolls on the workers and emergency responders who participated in the rescue or clean up. An investigation by the World Trade Center Responder Fatality Investigation Program has revealed that 360 of the laborers or emergency professionals have died since that date. 80 perished from deaths related to cancer. The majority of those who died were between the ages of 20 and 50.