SBU Professor's 9/11 Oral History Project to be Featured on "60 Minutes"

An oral history project produced by a Stony Brook University medical professor will be at the center of the CBS show 60 Minutes which will air Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.

The professor, Dr. Benjamin Luft, is the medical director of the WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program at Stony Brook University Medical Center. The program treats and monitors about 6,000 9/11 responders who were exposed to toxic chemicals at Ground Zero, including firefighters, paramedics, police officers, and construction workers.

The oral history project, Remembering 9/11, documents the experiences of those responders in their own words. The episode of CBS will feature interviews with some of the responders who are being cared for in the WTC treatment program.

CBS evening news anchor Scott Pelley also interviewed Luft about his experiences treating those responders for the show. Luft is also the producer of the documentary , which screened earlier this year at the Stony Brook Film Festival, as well as the author of a new book, We're Not Leaving, which will be published Sept. 11.