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Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Indianapolis Star
More 9/11 victims identified nearly 24 years after attacks
Three more 9/11 victims have been identified weeks before the 24-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, officials announced Aug. 7. 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 her family, have been positively identified through DNA analysis, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) said in a release. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Graham said in the release that OCME's "commitment to identify the missing and return them to their loved ones stands as strong as ever." '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 National September 11 Memorial & Museum also acknowledged OCME's "tireless efforts" in a social media post. "As the anniversary of the attacks nears, we extend our deepest gratitude to the OCME for this enduring commitment to all the families to ensuring the world never forgets," the post said. Ryan Fitzgerald, 26, was working as a foreign currency trader in the World Trade Center on the day of the attacks, according to 9/11 Living Memorial. He was from Floral Park, a Long Island town less than 20 miles east of Manhattan. His obituary described him as "a man on the town" who had just moved to the city. The oldest of three children, Fitzgerald was "tall and blessed with gleaming blue eyes," according to his obituary. "He adored the Yankees and the Dave Matthews Band and enjoyed living slightly beyond his means," his obituary said. Fitzgerald's last credit card bill, which his mother, Diane Parks, opened the month after his death, showed hints of his lifestyle, from Banana Republic purchases to golf games in Las Vegas. "It made me feel good that he enjoyed the summer because it was the last summer of his life," Parks said in her son's obituary. Barbara Keating, 72, had just left a visit with her grandchildren in Massachusetts and was heading back to California on American Airlines Flight 11 when she was killed Sept. 11, 2001. A longtime Cape Cod resident, Keating moved to Palm Springs after her husband died. She had five children, 12 grandchildren and worked in public service for more than two decades, according to her obituary. In California, Keating "drove a red Sebring convertible and went to church every day," her obituary said. "She was a wonderful woman, always had a smile on her face," said Rev. Philip Behan, pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs, in Keating's obituary. She worked as a receptionist at the parish office, her obituary said. "She drove people for cancer treatments," Eunice Maloney, one of Keating's longtime friends, said in her obituary. "She was always doing something for somebody, but she never said much about it." With the new identifications, a total of 1,653 victims have been identified through DNA analysis, which represents just over half of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center. These are the first new identifications since 2024, OCME said. In total, 2,977 people died in the attacks, according to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. In addition to the New York victims, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
USA Today
3 days ago
- USA Today
More 9/11 victims identified nearly 24 years after attacks
Three more 9/11 victims have been identified weeks before the 24-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, officials announced Aug. 7. 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 her family, have been positively identified through DNA analysis, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) said in a release. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Graham said in the release that OCME's "commitment to identify the missing and return them to their loved ones stands as strong as ever." '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 National September 11 Memorial & Museum also acknowledged OCME's "tireless efforts" in a social media post. "As the anniversary of the attacks nears, we extend our deepest gratitude to the OCME for this enduring commitment to all the families to ensuring the world never forgets," the post said. Ryan Fitzgerald: 'Man on the town' Ryan Fitzgerald, 26, was working as a foreign currency trader in the World Trade Center on the day of the attacks, according to 9/11 Living Memorial. He was from Floral Park, a Long Island town less than 20 miles east of Manhattan. His obituary described him as "a man on the town" who had just moved to the city. The oldest of three children, Fitzgerald was "tall and blessed with gleaming blue eyes," according to his obituary. "He adored the Yankees and the Dave Matthews Band and enjoyed living slightly beyond his means," his obituary said. Fitzgerald's last credit card bill, which his mother, Diane Parks, opened the month after his death, showed hints of his lifestyle, from Banana Republic purchases to golf games in Las Vegas. "It made me feel good that he enjoyed the summer because it was the last summer of his life," Parks said in her son's obituary. Barbara Keating: 'She was always doing something for somebody' Barbara Keating, 72, had just left a visit with her grandchildren in Massachusetts and was heading back to California on American Airlines Flight 11 when she was killed Sept. 11, 2001. A longtime Cape Cod resident, Keating moved to Palm Springs after her husband died. She had five children, 12 grandchildren and worked in public service for more than two decades, according to her obituary. In California, Keating "drove a red Sebring convertible and went to church every day," her obituary said. "She was a wonderful woman, always had a smile on her face," said Rev. Philip Behan, pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs, in Keating's obituary. She worked as a receptionist at the parish office, her obituary said. "She drove people for cancer treatments," Eunice Maloney, one of Keating's longtime friends, said in her obituary. "She was always doing something for somebody, but she never said much about it." How many 9/11 victims have been identified? With the new identifications, a total of 1,653 victims have been identified through DNA analysis, which represents just over half of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center. These are the first new identifications since 2024, OCME said. In total, 2,977 people died in the attacks, according to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. In addition to the New York victims, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93. Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at
Boston Globe
19-02-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key role for Trump's trade agenda
Trump views the tariffs as a versatile economic tool. They can raise money to finance his tax cuts elsewhere, protect US industries and pressure other countries into making concessions on such issues as their own trade barriers, immigration and drug trafficking. Mainstream economists mostly view tariffs as counterproductive: They are paid by import companies in the United States, which try to pass along the higher costs to consumers and can thereby add to inflationary pressures throughout the economy. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up At his confirmation hearing last month, Lutnick dismissed as 'nonsense'' the idea that tariffs contribute to inflation. He expressed support for deploying across-the-board tariffs 'country by country'' to strong-arm other countries into lowering barriers to American exports. Advertisement Trump last week announced plans for 'reciprocal'' tariffs — raising US import tax rates to match the higher taxes that other countries impose on goods from the US. The move would shatter the rules that have governed world trade for decades. Since the 1960s, tariff rates have mostly emerged from negotiations between dozens of countries. Trump is commandeering the process. The president has also imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports and effectively raised US taxes on foreign steel and aluminum. He has threatened — and delayed until March 4 — 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. Lutnick was CEO at Cantor Fitzgerald when its offices were hit in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. The firm lost two-thirds of its employees — 658 people — that day, including Lutnick's brother. Howard Lutnick led the firm's recovery and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Advertisement Lutnick has promised to sell off his business holdings. They're complicated. His financial disclosure statement showed that he had positions in more than 800 businesses and other private organizations.
