Here is a link to a report heard Monday on “All Things Considered”; others from recent programs are accessible by clicking on NPR below. — MCM

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FDNY deaths from 9/11-related illnesses now equal the number killed on Sept. 11. 2001. Reported by Becky Sullivan | NPR  Since Sept. 11, 2001, as many New York Fire Department employees have died from World Trade Center-related illnesses as died there on that day, the department says. About 11,000 current and former fire department employees suffer from World Trade Center-related illnesses, including some 3,500 with cancer, the FDNY says. Click HERE to listen to interview and read article.