Three new victims of 9/11 identified by New York coroner's officer
The newly identified victims are Ryan Fitzgerald of Floral Park, New York; Barbara Keating of Palm Springs, California; and an adult woman whose name is being withheld at the request of family, New York's mayor and chief medical examiner announced.
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner identified them through 'family outreach and advanced DNA analysis,' the officials said.
'Nearly 25 years after the disaster at the World Trade Center, our commitment to identify the missing and return them to their loved ones stands as strong as ever,' Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Graham said in a statement.
The three are the 1,651 st, 1,652 nd and 1,653 rd victims identified in the attacks, and the first to be identified since last year, Graham and New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.
The remains of the adult woman and Keating were recovered in 2001 and the remains of Fitzgerald were recovered in 2002, officials said.
Around 1,100 victims remain unidentified, the medical examiner's office said.
"Each new identification testifies to the promise of science and sustained outreach to families despite the passage of time. We continue this work as our way of honoring the lost," Graham said.
The 9/11 attacks killed 2,977 people in all, including 2,753 who were killed in New York City.
The attacks, which used hijacked passenger planes, destroyed the World Trade Center towers, and a plane was crashed into the Pentagon. A passenger flight that was to be used in the attacks, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in Pennsylvania.
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