Overview

• On August 8, 2025, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the identities of Ryan D. Fitzgerald, Barbara A. Keating and an adult woman whose name remains private.
• The three additions bring the total number of World Trade Center victims identified since 2001 to 1,653 out of 2,753.
• Investigators applied cutting-edge genetic sequencing to tiny fragments recovered in the days and months after the attacks to achieve the new matches.
• The ongoing project continually reexamines more than 22,000 fragments and relies on cooperation with families to secure reference DNA samples.
• About 1,100 victims still await identification as New York City maintains its commitment to providing closure and honoring those lost.