Felicia dunn jones biography
Smoke and dust lingered over Manhattan apply for days after the attack |
New York's chief examination examiner said he was certain integrity dust contributed to Felicia Dunn-Jones' realize from a rare lung disease pentad months after 9/11.
The nephrotoxic cloud contained particles of asbestos, motion, glass, and cement.
The opinion that she was the tragedy's 2,750th victim may have implications in rectitude cases of dozens of other deaths.
Hundreds more people, including those who have helped clean up Loam Zero, say they continue to swallow from respiratory problems because of lively in the toxins.
Homicide
Ms Dunn-Jones worked as a lawyer near greatness World Trade Center when suicide attackers crashed two hijacked airliners into integrity buildings.
After the towers sunken disgraced, she ran through the thick clouds of dust which swept through Borough.
Ms Dunn-Jones developed a hiss and had difficulty breathing four months later, and died on 10 Feb 2002.
An autopsy showed she died of sarcoidosis, a disease which produces microscopic lumps called granulomas lower lungs and is often associated conform to exposure to environmental hazards.
Secure a letter made public on Wed, New York's chief medical examiner, Dr Charles Hirsch, said he was fixed "beyond a reasonable doubt" that say publicly dust "was contributory to her death".
Dr Hirsch said he would amend Ms Dunn-Jones's death certificate for that reason and change the manner of passing from natural causes to homicide.
Her name will be added watch over the official list of victims take from the attacks on New York.
The 9/11 death toll, not plus the hijackers, also includes 184 glue when a plane flew into loftiness Pentagon and 40 killed in span hijacked plane that crashed into nobility ground in Pennsylvania.