Hello from CNN, I'm Chris Debeau with the five things you need to know for Monday, September 11th.

The death toll in Morocco now stands at over 2,500 and is expected to climb as rescue operations continue.

Thousands more have been reported injured,

after the country was hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on Friday,

its deadliest since 1960.

It's the province of Al-Haulus in the south of Morocco that was worst affected by the

quake.

It's located at the foot of the Atlas Mountains and includes a number of remote villages

and settlements that have been difficult for rescuers to reach.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says 300,000 people have been affected in and around the

major city of Marrykesh, where historic sites have been damaged.

CNN Sam Kiley is in a field hospital about 30 miles south of the city.

It is in the last few hours if you like of the sort of 72 hour window of opportunity where the hope can be really vested in trying to get people out

when they're trapped underground. After that it tends to become a body retrieval process and that is also going to take some time.

Several events are happening today from New York City to Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 9-11 terror

attacks and while this tragedy took place 22 years ago,

the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

continue to cause cancer, respiratory disease,

and other health problems for first responders.

The Uniformed Firefighters Association says

341 first responders have died from 9-11 related illnesses.

That's almost as many as the 343 New York firefighters who died during the attacks.

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