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9/11 victim identified 25 years later with new forensic technique

Headline from WSAV-TV, on the newest of 3 developments

The terrorist attack killed 2,753 people in New York City.

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  1. 9/11 Victim Identified 25 Years After Attacks Using Family DNA: Here's How

    Headline from Newsweek ·

  2. Forensic scientists use ‘breakthrough’ method to identify 9/11 victim

    Headline from The Boston Globe ·

  3. Newest

    9/11 victim identified 25 years later with new forensic technique

    Headline from WSAV-TV ·

10 reports not tied to one development ·

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26 articles, oldest first.

  1. ABC 7 New York

    'Breakthrough' genealogy tests can identify 9/11 victims 25 years later (opens ABC 7 New York)

    Published

    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    A breakthrough test is identifying 9/11 victims 25 years after the attacks.

  2. ABC News

    9/11 victim identified using first-of-its-kind genetic genealogy technique (opens ABC News)

    Published

    ABC News's feed description

    An adult female was formally identified using the technique, the 1,651st victim to be formally identified.

  3. Breitbart News

    VIDEO — NYC: 9/11 Victim Identified via 'Breakthrough' Genetic Genealogy (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    For the first time since the Islamic terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001, a unique testing method has identified a victim as the nation remembers the lives lost on that day.

  4. Pix11

    Victim of 9/11 attacks identified 25 years later using new forensic tecnique (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    NEW YORK (PIX11) — As the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks approaches, a victim was identified, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday. The adult woman was identified using a breakthrough technique of forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG.

  5. amNewYork

    NYC identifies 9/11 terrorist attack victim through breakthrough in forensic DNA investigations a quarter-century later (opens amNewYork)

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    amNewYork's feed description

    One more family of a 9/11 terrorist attack victim who died at the World Trade Center finally has some closure nearly 25 years after the day of infamy. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has identified a previously unknown victim of the Sept.

  6. Newsweek

    9/11 Victim Identified 25 Years After Attacks Using Family DNA: Here's How (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The woman is the 1,654th victim of the September 11 attacks to be identified.

  7. New York Times

    Forensic Scientists Use ‘Breakthrough’ Method to Identify 9/11 Victim (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    DNA analysts at the New York City medical examiner’s office partnered with a squad of local detectives skilled at genealogical research.

  8. Fox News

    9/11 victim's identity emerges nearly 25 years later after DNA breakthrough cracks mystery (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A first-of-its-kind forensic genealogy technique helped New York City investigators identify a World Trade Center victim nearly 25 years after 9/11.

  9. WSAV-TV

    9/11 victim identified 25 years later with new forensic technique (opens WSAV-TV)

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    WSAV-TV's feed description

    The terrorist attack killed 2,753 people in New York City.

  10. The Hill

    9/11 victim identified nearly 25 years later with new forensic technique (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    The terrorist attack killed 2,753 people in New York City.

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