Study Finds Rescue Workers from Sept. 11 Had Lung Problems Seven Years Later By Lauren Cox, ABC News Medical Unit April 7, 2010 ABCNews.go.com More than seven years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, rescue workers still had trouble breathing after they inhaled from the cloud of dust that enveloped southern Manhattan, a … Continue reading Aftermath of 9/11: Study Shows Firefighters’ Breathing Problems Never Went Away