FBI agent dies from brain cancer linked to 9/11: Hero first responder to the Pentagon who spent

FBI agent dies from brain cancer linked to 9/11: Hero first responder to the Pentagon who spent 10 weeks processing evidence after the attack passes away aged 48 after a long battle with the illness The FBI says one of its first responders to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks has died of brain cancer linked to exposure to contaminants. Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow died Thursday at the age of 48. She had served with the FBI for 22 years and was assigned to the Kansas City Field office when she died. The agency said in a statement on Friday that Morrow made the 'ultimate sacrifice'. Her death has been classified as a line-of-duty death, due to her exposure to chemicals responding to the Pentagon after 9/11, and a fire at an evidence warehouse in Alexandria. The warehouse contained evidence from the Pentagon attack and caught fire in 2013. Prior to serving in Kansas City, Morrow was a member of the Evidence Response Team in the Washington Field Office. She spent 10 weeks recovering and processing evidence from the 9/11 attacks. She had been certified by the World Trade Center H Thank for watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!