Eye and lung injuries prevalent among Trade Centre survivors --- HealthandAge

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues regular bulletins on medical outbreaks and disasters in the US. They now find that just under 800 people reported to four hospitals close to the Trade Centres on or shortly after September 11, with many more going to hospitals in New Jersey and Connecticut. Of these, 73 per cent were treated and released, 16 per cent were hospitalised and four people died. Their ages ranged from less than one year to 95 years.

Half the survivors had inhalation injury and about a quarter had eye injuries. Rescue workers were more likely to have an eye injury - maybe because they were running towards the disaster site.

The September 11 terror attack aftermath differed from other disasters in that there was only one main wave of survivors. Casualties were fewer than expected - because the majority of those caught in the towers perished.

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Of the 800 survivors reporting to New York hospitals after the September 11 attacks, most had eye and lung injuries, according to an official report.

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