The deaths of Scott Jerome-Parks and Alexandra In-Charles, both patients of New York City hospitals, are prime examples of radiation treatments going awry. Jerome-Parks worked in southern Manhattan near the site of the World Trade Center attacks, and suspected that the tongue cancer he developed later was related to toxic dust that he came in contact with after the attacks. His prognosis was uncertain at first, but he had some reason to be optimistic, given the quality of the treatment provided by state-of-the-art linear accelerators at St. Vincent's Hospital, which he selected for his treatment. But after receiving erroneous dosages of radiation several times, his condition drastically worsened.