NEW YORK – There is new hope for the families of hundreds of Sept. 11 victims whose remains were never identified, according to the city medical examiner, who sent letters on Thursday saying an advance in DNA technology means “new identifications will be forthcoming.”
In the letter, Hirsch said advances in DNA procedures made by Bode Technology Group, the Virginia company contracted to work on recovered Sept. 11 bone fragments, “have provided us the opportunity to renew our efforts to identify your loved ones.”
Five years after 2,749 people died in the World Trade Center attack, families of about 1,150 victims still have not received word that their loved ones’ remains were found. During the arduous excavation of the 110-story twin towers, which began the evening of the attacks and lasted for nine months, about 20,000 pieces of human remains were found.
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