New York Mayor Mamdani calls for release of available September 11 documents
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that documents on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that authorities can release should be accessible to the public. He said this in an interview with CBS ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks, reports The Jerusalem Post.
Mamdani stressed that he wants memorial events to remain focused on honoring those who died and those who survived, rather than politicians. According to him, the anniversary should be dedicated to the people who died in the attacks, their families, and the lives that were shattered.
City documents portal
The mayor said that New York's 2027 budget includes tens of millions of dollars to create an online portal. It is intended to allow city residents to search city documents and find out what information local authorities possessed at the time of the attacks.
Mamdani also noted that the city must support people who became ill after September 11. He mentioned New York residents who went to the Ground Zero area and later developed health problems.
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Consequences for responders
CBS correspondent Marcia Kramer, citing a report released on Tuesday by the mayor and the New York City Fire Department, said that the number of deaths from illnesses linked to the September 11 attacks has exceeded the number of people killed directly on the day of the attacks.
According to the report by the FDNY World Trade Center Health Program, hundreds of fire department employees died from September 11-related illnesses in the following years. The number of deaths among FDNY employees after the attacks was more than twice the 343 firefighters who died on the day of the terrorist attacks.
The report also noted that 6% of FDNY rescue and recovery workers exposed in the World Trade Center area still met the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder in 2026. By comparison, the figure among the general population is about 3%.
