The FDNY World Trade Center Health Program: A Stunning Success

NFPA Journal Podcast by NFPA

Sep 8, 202601:01:03Government & Organizations

Twenty-five years ago this month, nearly 350 New York City firefighters died during the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. For the next 10 months, FDNY members spent countless hours searchin...

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