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摘要

When the first World Trade Centre tower collapsed, one block away, Brian Cosmello was engulfed by dust and covered in debris. Days later he returned to work at the American Stock Exchange, near the still burning ruins. In 2009 the former college athlete was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukaemia, a cancer more common among the elderly. Now, aged 34, he is on a course of daily chemotherapy. He is convinced that his cancer was caused by exposure to the dust. "There's no other reason for it," he says.