FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, with the skeleton of the World Trade Center twin towers in the background, New York City firefighters work amid debris on Cortlandt St. after the terrorist attacks. On Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Rupa Bhattacharyya, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund special master, announced that the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks will cut future payments by 50 to 70 percent because the fund is running out of money. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Sept 11 Victim Fund
(New York, NY) — The city’s Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Center on 9-11. 44-year-old John Niven was from Oyster Bay. He was a senior vice president of a Aon Risk Services, an insurance firm on the 105th floor of Tower Two. He is survived by a wife and son, who was only 18 months old at the time of the attacks. Niven is the 1,650th 9-11 victim to be identified. Mayor Adams says he’s grateful for the work the Chief Medical Examiner continues to do with the 9-11 remains. The Medical Examiner has been using advanced DNA testing in it’s bid to identify more of the victims. Around 40-percent of the 9-11 victims still remain unidentified to this day.
