The medical examiner in New York City has now been able to link remains to about 1,649 victims of the World Trade Center.
“As we prepare to mark the anniversary of September 11, our thoughts turn to those we lost on that terrible morning and their families who continue to live every day with the pain of missing loved ones,” said Mayor Adams“We hope these new identifications can bring some measure of comfort to the families of these victims, and the ongoing efforts by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner attest to the city’s unwavering commitment to reunite all the World Trade Center victims with their loved ones.
The medical examiner in New York City has now been able to link remains to about 1,649 victims of the World Trade Center,reported. It has been a rough process but the increased technology of DNA sequencing has been helpful in identifying body fragments that were recovered from the World Trade Center rubble.
“More than 20 years after the disaster, these two new identifications continue to fulfill a solemn pledge that OCME made to return the remains of World Trade Center victims to their loved ones,” said Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Graham, “Faced with the largest and most complex forensic investigation in the history of our country, we stand undaunted in our mission to use the latest advances in science to serve this promise.”. 2,753 people were reported missing after the attacks and death certificates were issued for all of them.
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