Members of the longest-serving volunteer unit working Ground Zero, known as Team Romeo are now battling new enemies-a myriad of 9/11 related cancers and illnesses.

Incredibly sad - 9/11 first responder, retired commanding NYPD officer Douglas Greenwood took his own life following a long battle with lung disease.

A 9/11 Health Information Forum was held at PS 124 in New York’s Chinatown informing local residents that they could be eligible for compensation of medical expenses if their illness is a direct result of contaminant exposure related to the World Trade Center attacks.

Many 9/11 survivors who lived, worked and went to school in the “toxic cloud” exposure zone in the months following the attacks have yet to be screened for possible illnesses associated with the smoke and debris at and around ground zero. Among those that have been screened, numerous have dealt with pension systems that are quick to reject their claims.

A new study finds an early-warning sign in blood biomarkers that could predict loss of lung function for World Trade Center firefighters and rescue workers who responded to and worked at Ground Zero.

A cancer cluster has emerged among students, faculty and staff at Stuyvesant High School who were exposed to contaminants in the months following the September 11 attacks and they may be eligible for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund.