Kirsten Gillibrand : Thousands lost lives on 9/11 , and hundreds of thousands came to ground . First units from all over New York and the Bronx came to ground fighting , she says . Gillibrand : Stage IV metastatic colorectal cancer is a form of cancer in the upper GI tract , and it is very rare to see it in a man so young . 30,000 responders have been medically treated after exposure to toxins . Pass bill , she says , to provide monitoring and treatment for conditions .
Kirsten Gillibrand : Thousands lost lives on 9/11 , and hundreds of thousands came to ground . First units from all over New York and the Bronx came to ground fighting , she says . Gillibrand : 30,000 responders have been medically treated after exposure to toxins . Pass bill , she says , to provide monitoring and treatment for conditions .