Nearly 10,000 people have suffered cancers linked to toxic dust from asbestos, jet fuel, cement and glass shards caused by 9/11

--The federal World Trade Center Health Program revealed 9,795 people were diagnosed with cancer linked to 9/11

--The number of incidents continues to rise each year - with the 2015 figure at 3,204 and 2016 at 8,188

--Illnesses were a result of the toxic dust inhaled that included jet fuel, asbestos, cement and glass shards

--Medical director of the World Trade Center Health Program at Mount Sinai, Dr. Michael Crane, said the program began tracking related diseases in 2013

--First responders, medical officials and survivors of the attacks recently spoke to the New York Post

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The New York Post initially reported the numbers Saturday - and spoke with health officials, rescue workers and survivors who were at the scene of the dangerous toxic dust caused by jet fuel, asbestos, cement and glass shards.

Medical director of the World Trade Center Health Program at Mount Sinai, Dr. Michael Crane, told the Post there has been a significant increase in the number of cancer patients since the program - which tracks 9/11 related diseases - began five years ago