By Chelsea Michels
Asbury Park Press
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — As the anniversaries of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks come, many people wave flags and remember those who were killed.
But many more continue to die. Those who are terminally ill as a result of the attacks do not need remembrance ceremonies to remind them of their daily pain and their sacrifice.
“There’s so many people suffering, and people don’t realize it,” said Laura Picurro of Toms River, whose husband, Joe, is now in hospice care, dying from ailments he says are linked to the 28 days he spent at ground zero in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center’s two towers.
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