FBI Official, Dead of 9/11-Related Cancer, Remembered As Number of Cases Grows

Source: CNN

Hundreds of FBI officials in dark suits bowed their heads in a Virginia chapel Friday as a pastor offered a prayer to God: "Your son gave his life so that we may live."

Before him and in the center of the vaulted space was the coffin of David LeValley, draped in an American flag. LeValley, the FBI's top agent in Atlanta, died in May of cancer brought on by his time as a first responder in the ruins of lower Manhattan after 9/11.

LeValley later told friends he thought he was going to die that morning as the first of the twin towers came down in front of him. But the terror attack would not claim him as a victim until nearly 17 years later -- long after the months he spent pulling survivors and evidence from the rubble of "the pile," after he raised three children and built a career as a thoughtful and selfless leader, his colleagues eulogized.

He was buried in a military ceremony at Quantico National Cemetery. He was 53. Fifteen current and former FBI officials have died since 9/11 as a result of illnesses caused by the toxins they inhaled in their work at the attack sites...MORE..


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As of April 30 of this year, over 43,000 people have at least one 9/11-related health issue. Over 80% of that group are first responders. In the past few years, the number of cancers has climbed...In the beginning of 2015, there were 3,204 cancers in the World Trade Center Health Program's registry. By the end 2016, that number had almost doubled to 8,188 incidences. World Trade Center Health Program figures shared with CNN now count more than 9,300 cases of cancer as of April 30.