Three new individuals have been confirmed as victims of the 9/11 terror assaults on the World Commerce Heart that killed extra nearly 2,700 nearly 24 years in the past, New York Metropolis officers mentioned Thursday.
The newly recognized victims are Ryan Fitzgerald of Floral Park, New York; Barbara Keating of Palm Springs, California; and an grownup lady whose title is being withheld on the request of household, New York’s mayor and chief health worker introduced.
The Workplace of Chief Medical Examiner recognized them by way of “household outreach and superior DNA evaluation,” the officers mentioned.
“Practically 25 years after the catastrophe on the World Commerce Heart, our dedication to establish the lacking and return them to their family members stands as robust as ever,” Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Graham mentioned in a press release.
The three are the 1,651st, 1,652nd and 1,653rd victims recognized within the assaults, and the primary to be recognized since final 12 months, Graham and New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams mentioned.
The stays of the grownup lady and Keating had been recovered in 2001 and the stays of Fitzgerald had been recovered in 2002, officers mentioned.
Though they had been formally recognized by way of DNA evaluation, the names of Keating and Fitzgerald are among the many practically 3,000 names inscribed on the 9/11 Memorial in New York Metropolis.
Round 1,100 victims stay unidentified, the health worker’s workplace mentioned.
“Every new identification testifies to the promise of science and sustained outreach to households regardless of the passage of time. We proceed this work as our manner of honoring the misplaced,” Graham mentioned.
The 9/11 assaults killed 2,977 individuals in all, together with 2,753 who had been killed in New York Metropolis.
The assaults, which used hijacked passenger planes, destroyed the World Commerce Heart towers, and a airplane was crashed into the Pentagon. A passenger flight that was for use within the assaults, United Airways Flight 93, crashed in Pennsylvania.
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