From The Economist Espresso: Fourteen years on: sickness and 9/11

Marcy Borders died last month from stomach cancer. A photograph of her, coated in dust, during the attacks of September 11th 2001 became an enduring image of that terrible morning. Her death was a grim reminder that not all the victims died on the day. When the twin towers collapsed, they spewed a deadly mix of carcinogens. Thousands were exposed; many are now ill. Some of the programmes paid for by the $4.3 billion James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which provides health care and compensation for the sick, will start to expire in October unless Congress extends the bill. Some 70,000 people, including first responders, recovery workers and survivors, receive treatment. Many have more than one illness. Coalminers with black lung receive federal help indefinitely. Some are calling for the same for September 11th’s sick.