Chinatown never recovered after 9/11 attacks

Not like before: People sitting at an outdoor dining area in Manhattan’s Chinatown district in New York City. — China Daily/ANN

NEW YORK: Steven Wong was one of the volunteers to enter the World Trade Center site after terrorists attacked it 20 years ago.

Nine years later, the New Yorker was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable scarring of the lungs, one of the diseases that has been connected to Ground Zero exposure. He also has asthma.