It is not as if those of us, present company included, shall ever forget the events of September 11, 2001, need to be reminded of the still-present effects of that day. This is for those among our number who have ever questioned - even if only once and even if one for a moment - the importance of imprinting September 11, 2001 into our collective memory in indelible ink.
A study published by Nature Medicine yesterday, entitled "High burden of clonal hematopoiesis in first responders exposed to the World Trade Center disaster", which means (in part) that the men and women who responded to Ground Zero in the hours, days, weeks, and months following the act of mass murderous cowardice in Lower Manhattan were subjected to "an unprecendented environmental exposure to aerosolized dust, gases, and potential carcinogens."
According to UPI, the first responders at Ground Zero have higher levels of genetic mutations linked with leukemia and other blood cancers. More than two decades after September 11, 2001 claimed its first victims, it continues to do so.
Never forget. These men and women shall never be able to do so.
-AK
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