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(NEWSER) - As the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 nears, the New York Times takes a look at one of the many groups of Americans still touched by—and suffering from—the experience: those with post-traumatic stress disorder. At least 10,000 witnesses developed PTSD, and many are still grappling with it, according to one interpretation of numbers provided by three 9/11 health programs based in NYC. The city's health department, which the Times notes would likely be looking for as much treatment funding from Congress as possible, estimates that 61,000 of the 409,000 people in the disaster area experienced "probable" PTSD in the six years following 9/11. More»