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FDNY firefighter dies from 9/11-caused bone-marrow cancer

Firefighter had responded to 9/11 attacks

By FireRescue1 Staff

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn firefighter died Sunday after battling bone-marrow cancer.

Firefighter Roy Chelsen, 51, had responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attack September 11, 2001.

He died Sunday after succumbing to bone-marrow cancer that was a result of his response.