Twenty-two years after the terrorist attack on the United States of America on September 11, the remains of two victims were identified using a new DNA method, American authorities announced, AFP reported.
It is about a man and a woman who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center building in New York on September 11, 2001, when a member of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization crashed two hijacked civilian planes into the New York Twin Towers.
This brings the total number of identified victims to 1.649 out of a total of 2.753 dead, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Chief Medical Examiner Jason Graham said in a statement.
"We hope these new identifications can bring some measure of comfort to the families of the victims, and the continued efforts of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are a testament to the city's unwavering commitment to reunite all World Trade Center victims with their loved ones," Adams said.
The last victims were identified in 2021, and there are still 1.104 unidentified.
The two latest identifications were made possible using "next-generation sequencing technology – more sensitive and faster than conventional DNA techniques," the statement said.
The anniversary of the attacks is commemorated every September 11 in New York.
The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon building in Washington was carried out by hijacked planes. The Pentagon building was significantly damaged, and two 410-meter-high towers in New York's Manhattan business district were completely demolished.
On October 7, 2001, the USA accused Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda militants who was hiding in Afghanistan, of organizing the attack, and began bombing that country.
It turned into America's longest war, with the US withdrawing just under two weeks before the 20th anniversary of the attack in 2021, and the Taliban it fought against has returned to power in the country.
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