First responders still navigating health effects 25 years post-9/11

After thousands of deaths, first responders are still navigating health effects 25 years post-9/11 More than 9,400 people have died from 9/11-related illnesses. When Michael O'Connell found out he had been accepted into the New York City Fire Department, he was elated. O'Connell had started his career as a police officer, but he always had more of an interest in becoming a firefighter. "It was more my speed," O'Connell told ABC News. "It was like camaraderie, team, unity. It's where I wanted to