Many Ground Zero rescuers still wheezing and coughing
Three years after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, breathing problems plague nearly half of the rescue workers analyzed in a screening program, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Stephen Levin, lead investigator at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, found rescuers and Ground Zero cleanup workers are battling persistent sinusitis, asthma and a nagging cough, reports Newsday.