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New York City Names Three More 9/11 Victims Through Advanced DNA Analysis

These identifications represent OCME’s first new DNA breakthroughs since January 2024, reinforcing its pledge to identify the remaining 1,100 victims.

Three More 9/11 Victims Identified 24 Years Later
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FDNY first responders walk amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center as it smolders following a terrorist attack in N.Y., September 11, 2001.
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Overview

  • New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified three additional 9/11 victims—Ryan Fitzgerald, Barbara Keating and an unnamed woman—using advanced DNA sequencing and new family reference samples.
  • The newly identified remains are numbered 1,651st through 1,653rd, bringing the total confirmed World Trade Center victims to 1,653 out of 2,753.
  • These are the first victim identifications since January 2024, achieved through renewed family outreach and next-generation DNA techniques.
  • Approximately 1,100 victims—about 40% of those killed at the World Trade Center—remain unidentified, highlighting the scale of the forensic effort still under way.
  • Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham said the breakthrough offers comfort to grieving families and vowed to continue the mission to identify all remaining victims.