New York made public more than 170,000 pages of documents about air quality after the September 11 attacks. The records reveal that government and city officials knew the risks of exposure to toxic substances released during the collapse of the twin towers.
Despite this knowledge, authorities publicly assured that the air was safe to breathe in the blast zone and surrounding areas. The documentation now made available proves that this information was false.
The historical archive was made available to the public, now allowing investigators and those affected by the disaster to access the records that document the discrepancy between what was said publicly and what was known internally.
