@damnibebored: I think the craziest part is how many people were carrying around digital cameras and camcorders in 2001. Camera phones were extremely limited at the time, so a lot of the clear personal footage we have from 9/11 came from people who happened to have an actual camera or camcorder with them. Seeing footage recorded by NYU students also makes me wonder what happened to the students afterward. Did NYU shut down classes because of the attacks? How long were students unable to attend? What happened with attendance, missed classes, and credits? How many students decided to leave or transfer because they no longer felt safe being in Lower Manhattan? And then there’s the air quality. On September 18, 2001, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman publicly said that she was “glad to reassure” New Yorkers that their air was safe to breathe. But a later EPA Inspector General investigation found that the EPA did not have sufficient data and analysis to make that blanket statement. It also found that the White House Council on Environmental Quality influenced EPA communications by adding reassuring language and removing cautionary language. Now, 25 years later, New York City has released approximately 170,000 pages of previously unavailable 9/11-related records concerning air quality, health concerns, and the city’s response. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the documents show what the city knew about the toxic air around Ground Zero, when they knew it, and how they acted to limit liability. He also said the documents show that asbestos was found nearly everywhere inspectors tested. So now I wonder about the students who stayed in the area because government officials were publicly reassuring people about the air. Did any of those students later develop 9/11-related health conditions? We know students were among the populations included in the World Trade Center Health Registry, which tracks the long-term health of people who lived, worked, or went to school in the affected area. If a former student later developed a 9/11 related physical condition, they may still be eligible today for no-cost medical monitoring and treatment through the World Trade Center Health Program, or financial compensation through the VCF, if they meet those programs’ specific requirements. Both programs explicitly include students, and both are still active WTC Health Program: cdc.gov/wtc/apply.html VCF: vcf.gov. #september11 #911 #nyu #neverforget #fypシ

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