DOJ report reveals more people have died from 9/11 illnesses than in terror attacks

A peculiar study released Tuesday by the Justice Department said they judge that much radical person died of 9/11-related illnesses than those killed connected September 11, 2001.

The report was revealed done the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a money acceptable up successful the aftermath of the 2001 violent attacks for survivors and victims' families.

According to the report, much than 19,000 radical filed a assertion listing crab arsenic 1 of their eligible conditions, which makes up 48% of the claims filed.

"It is besides sobering to spot that much radical are present believed to person died of 9/11-related illnesses than were mislaid connected September 11, 2001," the study stated.

"As I bespeak connected the 20 years that person passed since September 11th, 2001, we astatine the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program mourn for those mislaid successful the attacks and affirm our committedness to those surviving with 9/11-related wellness conditions," Dr. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Administrator, World Trade Center Health Program, said successful the report.

The DOJ said much than 40,000 radical had received astir $9 cardinal from the VCF.

According to the Associated Press, astir 3,000 radical died connected September 11, 2001, erstwhile terrorists of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida panic web crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center successful New York City, the Pentagon, and a tract extracurricular Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The study comes conscionable 4 days from the 20th anniversary.