Monday marked 22 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon in Washington, DC. Cheddar News' Michelle Castillo spoke with Lt. Jim McCarthy, a firefighter who shared his memories of that day and discussed the health struggles that first responders continue to suffer from to this day.
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