Undocumented Ground Zero cleanup workers, the forgotten victims of 9/11
By AFP
07 September 2021 |
8:31 am
Twenty years since the September 11 attacks, hundreds of undocumented workers who joined the clean-up efforts at Ground Zero are suffering from health issues caused by inhaling contaminated dust, with many still fighting to obtain US citizenship.
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