World Trade Center Health Program
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Sep 15, 2026
Gordon KeithHOST
And as you look at the other numbers, you see that more than 130,000 responders and survivors connected to the World Trade Center and the related sites are now enrolled in the federally funded program.
Gordon KeithHOST
World Trade Center Health Program, which monitors and treats the illnesses.
Gordon KeithHOST
So, and as Greg mentioned, there were a lot that died of what they believe cancers that were related to the stuff that they inhaled and were exposed to at that time.
Gordon KeithHOST
The number of World Trade Center companies in the towers that lost people, 128 different companies.
Gordon KeithHOST
Um, and as you look at the other numbers, you see that more than 130,000 responders and survivors connected to the World Trade Center, and its...
Gordon KeithHOST
the related sites are now enrolled in the federally funded World Trade Center Health Program, which monitors and treats the illnesses.
Gordon KeithHOST
Um, so...
Gordon KeithHOST
And as Greg mentioned, there were a lot that died of what they believe cancers that were related to the stuff that they inhaled and were exposed to at that time.
Ali VelshiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Twenty-five years later, the health toll is accelerating.
Ali VelshiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Quote, "The number of 9/11 survivors who are receiving aid for cancer has roughly tripled over the last five years, according to a Washington Post analysis of reports from the World Trade Center Health Program.
Ali VelshiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In June 2021, 8,870 survivors received aid for cancer treatment, jumping to 27,300 survivors in 2026." Joining me now is Paul Rieckhoff, CEO of Independent Veterans of America and host of Independent Americans podcast.
Ali VelshiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Paul, good to see you.
Rachel FeltmanHOST
Even a quarter century after that one devastating day, people are still dying as a result of the terrorist incursion, and at least in some cases, as a result of government inaction.
Rachel FeltmanHOST
The World Trade Center Health Program, which is authorized to provide no-cost medical monitoring and treatment for certain health conditions determined to be connected to the 9-11 attacks, has around 140,000 members.
Rachel FeltmanHOST
And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that some 400,000 people were exposed to toxic contaminants, risk of physical injury, and physically and emotionally stressful conditions following the attacks.
Rachel FeltmanHOST
According to previously undisclosed records released last week, New York City officials told the public that the air around Ground Zero was safe to breathe even when testing showed otherwise.
Rick SmithHOST
Of those exposed, over 91,000 were first responders.
Rick SmithHOST
As of June 2017, over 67,000 first responders and over 12,000 survivors had registered in the World Trade Center Health Program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rick SmithHOST
The program provides medical monitoring, health evaluations, and treatment for those who qualify.
Rick SmithHOST
Of those registered responders still alive, more than 45,000 suffer from certified conditions as defined by the Zadroga Act of 2010.
Rick SmithHOST
However, this number is considered a low estimate given that there were many who died before the program was established.
Rick SmithHOST
There are also a number of illnesses believed related to the attacks, but not yet certified.
Rick SmithHOST
If you are a survivor or were a 9-11 first responder and would like to enroll in the World Trade Center Health Program, please visit cdc.gov slash WTC or call toll-free 1-888-982-4748.
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Peter HaskellHOST
People fought until we got answers.
Peter HaskellHOST
Then there was the World Trade Center Health Program, the Victim Compensation Fund.
Peter HaskellHOST
Battle, battle, battle.
Peter HaskellHOST
Congress refused, refused, refused.
Matt WylieGUEST
And that's what Trump should be celebrating this week.
Matt RobisonHOST
I'll close that out to your point by noting that the World Trade Center Health Program had 145,275 members enrolled as of June 30th.
Matt RobisonHOST
It certified 10,393 new cancer cases in the last 12 months alone, 57,044 cancer certifications over the program's life.
Matt RobisonHOST
So God bless the first responders, the people who are still dealing to this day with the repercussions of 9-11. and America.
BravobravoduckingbravoHOST
She's among the tens of thousands whose health was severely compromised by exposure to the hundreds of tons of toxic debris the towers' collapse released into the air.
BravobravoduckingbravoHOST
According to the World Trade Center Health Program, there have been over 57,000 cancer cases and myriad other health conditions officials knew within weeks but called it safe.
BravobravoduckingbravoHOST
It's not known how many undocumented workers were involved in the 9/11 cleanup, but advocates say it's somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people.
BravobravoduckingbravoHOST
This entire article is tragic.
John FealGUEST
Yeah.
John FealGUEST
You know, Jim, um, there's 155,000 people in the World Trade Center Health Program.
John FealGUEST
57,000 plus have a certified 9/11 related cancer, and roughly 10,000 people died from a 9/11 related illness.
John FealGUEST
We're evolving for the worst, and, um, I pray that we all take time to today, today, just like on September 12th of 2001, I pray we all just put aside our titles and become human beings and just show empathy, compassion, humanity, and we all come together as not only Americans, but as human beings.
Jim AcostaHOST
And what does the 9/11 community need moving forward? What do the first responders, their families need moving forward?
John FealGUEST
Empathy, compassion, love, humanity, and for everybody to evolve with a dying community that's a finite number that's not getting bigger.
John FealGUEST
That the World Trade Center Health Program, the CDC, NIH, they need to evolve with a dying community of heroes and survivors.
Jim AcostaHOST
Yeah.
MadiganHOST
A report was released on September 11, 2018, by a New York City law firm which showed that at least 15 men were diagnosed with male breast cancer in the years following 9-11.
MadiganHOST
In September 2025, the World Trade Center Health Program reported that the number of people diagnosed with cancer increased by 143 percent within five years after the attacks.
MadiganHOST
According to one Dr. Michael Crane from the World Trade Center Health Program, speaking with Newsweek Years in the Future in June 2019, We will never know the composition of that cloud, because the wind carried it away, but people were breathing and eating it.
MadiganHOST
What we do know is that it had all kinds of god-awful things in it, burning jet fuel, plastics, metal, fiberglass, asbestos.
MadiganHOST
It was thick, terrible stuff.
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