Most ground zero workers still suffer from health problems two years after Sept. 11, and many do not have health insurance or job security, doctors told a congressional panel.
Robin Herbert and Stephen Levin, the co-directors of a federal screening program at New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center for ground zero workers, said they had examined 8,000 workers, with 75 percent experiencing persistent respiratory problems. Forty percent of the workers suffer from mental health problems after the 2001 terror attack.