Beyond the Flames
Index
The Story
Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five
Part six
Part seven
Part eight
About this series
Multimedia
In their own words
Photos
Making of a disaster
Reports
The sick and the dead
Cancer Incidence
Chemicals at the site
Companies with waste at the site

Jonathan Wilson Inquirer Staff Photographer 		As a Chester police officer, Robert Lee Walker patrolled the Wade dump site during the fire and entered a smoky office. At age 53, he was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a blood disease that destroys bone marrow. He retired from the force on disability.

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