STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow Opinion: I’m a thoracic surgeon in New York City. For many of my patients, Sept. 11 is still not over “For thousands of families, the Sept. 11 attack did not end when the fires were extinguished. It simply changed form,” writes Raja Flores. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/11/sept-11-25th-anniversary-ground-zero-exposure-cancer-moment-of-silence/ statnews.com