The union representing FDNY firefighters is demanding answers following the discovery of 68 boxes of documents related to 9/11 toxins at a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) facility in the city.

Andrew Ansbro, president of the FDNY-Uniformed Firefighters Association, said at a press conference Monday that the discovery 24 years after 9/11 represents a betrayal of first responders who rushed to the scene on Sept. 11, 2001.

Ansbro said the city had repeatedly denied the existence of documents related to 9/11 data despite consistent requests from the union and 911 Health Watch, despite several memos references such documents.

Speaking near the World Trade Center on Monday afternoon, he demanded answers about an alleged effort to hide the documents in the aftermath of 9/11.

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