The evolution of DNA technologies gradually advances the efforts made for almost a quarter of a century to restore the remains of the deceased to their loved ones.
New York authorities announced Thursday that they have identified the remains of Ryan D. Fitzgerald, a 26 -year -old rocking, Barbara A. Keating, a pensioner of 72, executive of a non -profit association, and another woman whose identity was kept secret at the request of his family.
They were identified thanks to DNA tests, now improved, on tiny remains found more than 20 years ago in the middle of the rubble of the World Trade Center after the attacks of September 11, 2001, said the office of the City Legistrate.
“Each new identification testifies to the potential of science and the sustained commitment of families despite the time that passes,” said Dr. Jason Graham, chief medical examiner, in a press release. “We are continuing this work to pay tribute to the missing.”
Ms. Keating’s son Paul Keating said he was amazed and impressed by this long -term business.
“It’s an incredible feat,” he said to New York Post. He clarified that the genetic material of part of the hair brush of his mother was corresponding to samples of DNA from relatives. A piece of her mother’s bank card was the only other trace of her never found in the debris, he said.
Barbara Keating was a temporary flight 11 of American Airlines connecting Boston to Los Angeles when the air pirates struck the World Trade Center.
The Associated Press sent messages Friday to his family and left messages to the possible numbers of the relatives of Mr. Fitzgerald.
The robbery, who lived in Manhattan, worked in a financial company of the World Trade Center, prepared a master’s degree in commerce and spoke of a long -term future with his girlfriend, according to the Billings published at the time.
In total, nearly 3000 people were killed when the air hackers crashed lines against the World Trade Center twin towers, the Pentagon and in a field in the southwest Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. The vast majority of victims, more than 2700, died at the World Trade Center.
The New York Legalist’s office has regularly added names to the list of people whose leftovers have been identified. The last time dates back to last year.
The agency has tested and retests fragments over the years, as techniques advanced and opened new perspectives for reading the genetic code altered by fire, sunlight, bacteria, etc.
“We hope that families who will receive responses from the office of the Chief Legalist’s Legalist will be able to find comfort in the city’s unwavering dedication to this mission,” the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, wrote in a statement on Thursday.