New York City Detective James Zadroga was a first emergency responder to ground zero, the site of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. Zadroga died at 34 years old, in 2006. The autopsy showed that he suffered from a pulmonary lung disease related to the dust at ground zero.NY Daily News: Coroner Says Hero James Zadroga Didn't Die From Wtc Dust (October 19, 2007) In 2007, NYC medical examiner Charles Hirsh contradicted the autopsy and concluded that Zadroga died from injection prescription pills into his veins (but no needle marks were found on his body.)The New York Times: New Doubts That Dust Killed a 9/11 Rescuer (September 7, 2008)
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Original autopsy done by New Jersey pathologist Dr. Gerard Breton contributed his death to spending over 400 hours at ground zeroNY Daily News: Coroner Says Hero James Zadroga Didn't Die From Wtc Dust (October 19, 2007)
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New York City's chief medical examiner Dr. Charles Hirsch concluded he died from injection pills into his veinsThe New York Times: New Doubts That Dust Killed a 9/11 Rescuer (September 7, 2008)
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The New Yorker magazine featured the results of a 2003 biopsy done on Zadroga's lungs in their September 15 issue
