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Study finds PTSD may accelerate brain aging among WTC responders
A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that post-traumatic stress disorder may be linked to accelerated brain aging among World Trade Center responders.
He searched Ground Zero for his son for six months. 24 years later, 9/11 killed him too
Riches’ search for his son ended in March 2002, when Jimmy Jr.’s crushed helmet, bearing the Ladder 114 number,was found in the rubble of where the North Tower once stood.
9/11 responder and Blauvelt firefighter Pieter Grosbeck dies at 63
More than 400 members of the New York City Fire Department have died from WTC-related illnesses as of September 2025, according to the FDNY Foundation. The department lost 343 firefighters on Sept. 11, 2001 in the terrorist attacks.
PTSD possibly linked to accelerated brain aging in 9/11 first responders
Mount Sinai researchers used artificial intelligence and more than 11,000 brain scans to estimate each participant’s “brain age” in the study.
Mount Sinai Study Finds PTSD May Accelerate Brain Aging in 9/11 Responders
The team used BrainAgeNeXt, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence model trained on more than 11,000 MRI scans, to estimate each participant’s “brain age.” They found that WTC responders with PTSD had brains that appeared significantly older than their chronological age compared to those without PTSD.
Lingering Effects: Environmental Exposure Leads to Clonal Hematopoiesis via IL1RAP in 9/11 First Responders
Increased prevalence of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) among 9/11 World Trade Center first responders is accompanied by uncharacteristic mutations in younger responders and an elevated risk of blood cancer.
‘Outrageous Admission of a Decades-Long Cover-Up’
“This is starting to feel a little bit like the Epstein files,” said Kimberly Flynn, director of the nonprofit advocacy group 9/11 Environmental Action.
James Riches, Fire Chief Who Lost Firefighter Son on 9/11, Dies at 74
He spent months searching the wreckage of the World Trade Center for his son’s remains, then suffered lung illnesses attributed to toxic dust.
Impact of World Trade Center dust exposure on upper-aero digestive tract disorders and sinonasal surgery: findings from patients seen in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital
Earlier arrival at WTC site increased the risk of needing surgery for responders with CRS. Higher levels of irritant exposure prior to rainfall on 14 September 2001 may have caused significant epithelial injury to the sinonasal mucosa of WTC patients.
FDNY Deputy Chief James Riches, who searched Ground Zero for his fallen son, dies of 9/11-related illness
Riches, who retired in 2007, suffered from a lung illness for more than two decades before dying at age 74 on Thursday.