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(New York, NY) — Some 24 years after terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center buildings in lower Manhattan, the remains from three more victims are being identified.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says Ryan Fitzgerald of Floral Park, New York, Barbara Keating of Palm Springs, California, and a woman whose name is being withheld have been matched with remains using advanced DNA technology and new samples from family members.
The attacks killed 2,976 people and injured thousands more. On the day following the attacks, eleven people were rescued from the rubble, including six firefighters and three police officers. One woman was rescued from the rubble, near where a West Side Highway pedestrian bridge had been. Two PAPD officers, John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno, were also rescued.
Planes were also flown into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and passengers helped bring down a plane into a field in Shanksville, PA rather than let the terrorists reach their intended target.
Today, many first responders are still dealing with adverse health effects from working in toxic conditions. About 40 percent of the people who were killed at the World Trade Center site on 9-11 still have not been identified. The medical examiner’s office continues to test remains.
