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Jerry Borg: Another Victim Added to Sept. 11 Victims List

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Jerry Borg, 63, died of lung disease.

The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office has added a 63-year-old man to the list of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Jerry Borg died n Dec. 15 from complications of pulmonary sarcoidosis, a lung disease that was caused by inhaling dust during the collapse of the Twin Towers. Borg’s death was listed as a homicide, bringing the official death toll to 2,753. Only two other deaths have officially been ruled as being caused by such exposure. A spokesman for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum said Borg’s name would be added to the memorial in time for the 10th anniversary of the attacks in September.

Read it at The New York Times