Five years ago, thousands of innocent people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. After sifting through the rubble and painful memories, we are finding out that the attacks are stilling taking innocent lives. Many of the rescue workers as well as inhabitants living in New York at the time of the tragedy are experiencing severe lung problems from the attack.

A recent study from the Mount Sinai Medical Center shows that nearly 70% of all first responders at the World Trade Center have experienced lung “abnormalities" as a result of the thick toxic grey dust coming from ground zero. MSNBC reported that in the study: “Almost 70 percent of World Trade Center responders had new or worsened lung symptoms after the attacks. Among responders who had no health symptoms before the attacks, 61 percent developed lung symptoms while working on the toxic pile. One-third of those tested had abnormal lung function tests."

Steps have been taken to take care of the firefighters and workers that are experiencing these health problems, but nothing has been done to help the citizens that live in lower Manhattan or in the area around the ground zero crash site. People such as Maria James, a 35 year old mother of 3 who lived 4 blocks north of ground zero, are being left out in the cold. In an article by Newsday.com, James reveals that she has developed cysts from her face to her groin as well as severe allergies also shared by her children who were 20, 14, and 4. Her husband, who was out of town for several months after 9/11, has contracted none of the same symptoms.

Although people are fighting to give help to these ailing families, they are being neglected now. With the high cost of healthcare and many families lacking proper health insurance coverage, many are going without the medical attention and necessary medication. After many years of denial, government officials have finally admitted that the conditions at the World trade have contributed to serious illness for many of the first responders. Without the help of government many of the families that live around the World Trade Center will be suffering for many more years to come.

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