Selfless single mom who cared for 9/11 victims at Ground Zero dies of cancer at 48

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Suhail Vales, a New Springville single mom who treated the injured as the World Trade Center crumbled around her on Sept. 11, 2001, died May 18 after an eight-year battle with head and neck cancer.

Vales’ fight against the rare neuroendocrine tumor ended the day after her 48th birthday.

She was working as a donor specialist for New York Blood Center in the mezzanine of the North Tower on the day of the terror attacks…

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