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'We're all ticking time bombs': Budget cuts gut 9/11 health protections as community braces for crisis

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A wave of staffing cuts and agency turmoil has thrown the World Trade Center Health Program into crisis.

Experts warn that cancer diagnoses could be delayed, mental health needs could go unmet.

The program administers care to first responders and survivors of the 2001 terrorist attack in lower Manhattan .

A bipartisan bill known as HR 1410 would fix the shortfall but it remains stalled in Congress .