Many World Trade Center Rescue Workers Have Respiratory, Mental Health Problems.

Reports on the quality of the respiratory and mental health of the rescuers who responded to the September 11, 2001 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City. Number of screened rescue and recovery workers and volunteers; Comment from John Howard, director of the U.S. National Institution for Occupational Safety and Health, on the need to launch specialized medical monitoring programs for the rescuers; Other injuries reported by the rescuers.