Overview

• Officials identified Ryan Fitzgerald of Floral Park, Barbara Keating of Palm Springs and an unnamed woman whose family requested confidentiality.
• Fitzgerald’s remains were recovered in 2002, and those of Keating and the unnamed woman stem from recovery efforts in 2001.
• The new matches bring the tally of confirmed World Trade Center victims to 1,653 out of 2,753 killed in the attacks.
• Advanced DNA sequencing methods and sustained family outreach enabled forensic scientists to match degraded genetic material with relatives’ samples.
• The medical examiner’s office will continue retesting fragments and gathering family DNA samples as about 1,100 victims remain unidentified.