{
  "id": 5732357,
  "title": "More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/more-people-have-died-from-9-11-than-on-9-11",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-05T07:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/9-11-first-responders-survivors-illness-death-world-trade-center-health-program/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mia Farina, a rookie police officer present during the 9/11 attacks, suffered from chronic lung disease due to her work near Ground Zero. She recounted the terrifying experience of collapsing debris reaching her thighs as she and her team fled the scene. Farina is among thousands of 9/11 responders still battling health issues, despite the World Trade Center Health Program offering promised care. Despite the program, funding has never met the growing number of sick responders and survivors. Journalist Lynn Hallarman, a Long Island doctor turned writer, investigates the community around her, highlighting their reliance on an unstable program and the underlying scientific reasons for prolonged illnesses.",
  "summary": "When Mia Farina got seriously ill in 2014, she thought she had a bad case of pneumonia. But it turned out to be far worse: It was the start of chronic lung disease related to the months she spent working in and around ground zero after 9/11. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Mia Farina, a rookie police officer, suffers chronic lung disease from 9/11 exposure.",
    "World Trade Center Health Program fails to meet increasing needs of responders.",
    "Journalist Lynn Hallarman investigates community's reliance on unstable program."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The revelation that more people have died from 9/11 than on 9/11 underscores the long-term health consequences for responders and survivors, highlighting the inadequacy of the World Trade Center Health Program's funding.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}