September 11 Attacks Continue To Claim Lives; First Responders Are Added To Memorials
Looking back into the dense black smoke and dust of 91,000 liters of jet fuel and 10,000,000 tons of building material brings memories of devastation. When the two 1,300-foot World Trade Center towers were attacked by hijacked commercial airplanes on Sept. 11, 2001, it claimed the lives of approximately 3,000 civilians, including the Islamic terrorist group Al Qaeda, who committed the suicide mission. But what many don’t realize is even after 13 years, the number of victims keeps rising as more and more first responders and volunteers fall ill to the deadly air fumes of tragedy.