Two new 9/11 attack victims identified, 22 years later

The man and lady recognized are the 1648th and 1649th victims recognized by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, in response to a news launch from the mayor’s workplace. The two had been recognized by way of superior DNA testing of their stays, says the discharge.

The mayor’s workplace stated that they had been withholding the names of the 2 new victims on the request of their households. These are the primary identifications since September 2021, in response to the discharge.

The man was recognized by way of DNA testing of stays recovered in 2001 and the girl by way of DNA testing of stays recovered in 2001, 2006, and 2013, says the discharge.

The methods used to make these identifications over twenty years later “include recently adopted next-generation sequencing technology — more sensitive and rapid than conventional DNA techniques — which has been used by the US military to identify the remains of missing American servicemembers,” says the news launch.

Despite these developments in DNA expertise, roughly 40 per cent of the victims, or about 1100 individuals thought to have died within the catastrophe, stay unidentified.

A complete of 2753 individuals had been reported lacking in decrease Manhattan after the assaults on the World Trade Centre. Death certificates had been issued for all 2753, though the work to match the names of victims with stays from the location continues.

In the news launch, chief health worker Jason Graham known as the continuing effort “the largest and most complex forensic investigation in the history of our country.”

“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,” he went on.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams famous within the announcement the victims’ households who proceed to grieve.

“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,” he stated.

“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.”