US EditionNew York City Identifies Three More 9/11 Victims Through Advanced DNA Testing
NEW YORK CITY, AUG 7 – Three new victims were identified through DNA testing, raising total confirmed identifications to 1,653, while about 40% of 9/11 victims remain unidentified, officials said.
- On Thursday, officials announced the identification of three more victims from the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks through ongoing advanced DNA testing.
- This identification follows nearly 24 years of ongoing forensic efforts marked by challenges from fragmented and degraded remains requiring advanced DNA analysis.
- Among the newly identified victims are Ryan Fitzgerald, a 26-year-old foreign currency trader from Floral Park, New York, Barbara Keating, a 72-year-old breast cancer survivor from Palm Springs, California, and an adult woman whose family requested confidentiality.
- Mayor Eric Adams expressed that these recent identifications provide some solace to the loved ones who continue to grieve from the events of that day, while Chief Medical Examiner Jason Graham noted that their ongoing efforts serve as a tribute to those who were lost.
- The identification advances the unresolved identification of about 1,100 victims, approximately 40% of the 2,753 killed in New York on 9/11, reflecting sustained scientific progress and family cooperation.
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3 More Sept. 11 Victims' Remains Are Identified
Three 9/11 victims' remains have been identified, officials said this week, as evolving DNA technology keeps making gradual gains in the nearly quarter-century-long effort to return the remains of the dead to their loved ones. New York City officials announced Thursday they had identified the remains of Ryan D. Fitzgerald,...
Three more victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York have been identified, after nearly 24 years, US authorities say. The three victims include a 26-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman. The identity of the third victim, a woman, is being withheld at the request of her family. The individuals were identified through enhanced ...
3 Sept. 11 victims’ remains are newly identified, nearly 24 years later
Keating had spent her career in social services, including a time as executive director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Middlesex, near Boston. In retirement, she was involved in her Roman Catholic church in Palm Springs.
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