'We never recovered him': Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continues
Summary
The remains of over 1,000 people who died in the 9/11 attacks in New York have not yet been identified. New technologies, like forensic investigative genetic genealogy, are helping officials identify victims many years after the attacks.Key Facts
- Over 2,700 people died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.
- More than 1,000 victims at Ground Zero remain unidentified.
- Dennis Scauso, a firefighter who died that day, has never been recovered.
- New DNA technology is being used to identify victims, with 60% identified so far.
- Identification is difficult due to damaged remains and some victims wearing gear with others' names.
- Recent advances in DNA testing have led to new identifications even 24 years after 9/11.
- The city has recovered and preserved remains to allow future testing with better technology.
- Similar identification efforts were made for victims at the Pentagon and the Flight 93 crash site.
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