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Do not fill this in! === Casualties === {{Main|Casualties of the September 11 attacks|Lists of victims of the September 11 attacks}} [[File:WONDER-R1-E008 (cropped).jpg|thumb|One of three observable falls from the South Tower.<ref>{{cite journal |publisher=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |title=Final Reports from the NIST World Trade Center Disaster Investigation |journal=NIST |year=2005 |url=https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar1-5av1.pdf |page=86 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911011051/https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar1-5av1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> A similar photograph of a victim from the North Tower titled ''[[The Falling Man]]'' gained wide acclamation.]] The attack on the World Trade Center's North Tower single-handedly{{efn|The [[Camp Speicher massacre|massacre at Camp Speicher]]βoften described as the second deadliest act of terrorism in history after 9/11βis said to have killed between 1,095 and 1,700 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=1095 soldiers still missing since the Speicher massacre by ISIS|url=http://arabic.cnn.com/middleeast/2014/09/18/iraq-isis-camp-speicher|website=CNN Arabic|date=18 September 2014|access-date=15 May 2023|language=ar|archive-date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920011251/http://arabic.cnn.com/middleeast/2014/09/18/iraq-isis-camp-speicher|url-status=live}}</ref> The upper estimate would tie it with the attack on the World Trade Center's North Tower, but until the true death toll of the massacre becomes known, then the hijacking and crash of Flight 11 was the deadliest act of terrorism on record.}} made 9/11 the deadliest act of terrorism in world history.<ref name="ourworldindata-terrorism-2996">{{Cite journal |last1=Ritchie |first1=Hannah |last2=Hasell |first2=Joe |last3=Mathieu |first3=Edouard |last4=Appel |first4=Cameron |last5=Roser |first5=Max |date=July 28, 2013 |title=Terrorism |url=https://ourworldindata.org/terrorism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424230128/http://ourworldindata.org/terrorism/ |archive-date=April 24, 2016 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |journal=[[Our World in Data]] |quote=Airline hijackings: 2,996 people died as a result of the 9/11 attacks, making it the most fatal terrorist incident in recorded history.}}</ref> Taken together, the four crashes caused the deaths of 2,996 people (including the hijackers) and injured thousands more.<ref name='CBC-Winnipegger'>{{cite news |title=Winnipegger heads to NY for 9/11 memorial |date=September 9, 2011 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipegger-heads-to-ny-for-9-11-memorial-1.991431 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=November 13, 2013 |quote=A total of 2,996 people died: 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims. |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113021016/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipegger-heads-to-ny-for-9-11-memorial-1.991431 |url-status=live }}</ref> The death toll included 265 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors); 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area; and 125 at The Pentagon.<ref name="edition.cnn.com">{{cite news |title=Accused 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces New York trial |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/khalid.sheikh.mohammed/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028165022/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/khalid.sheikh.mohammed/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/16/pentagon.video/index.html |title=First video of Pentagon 9/11 attack released |publisher=CNN|date=May 16, 2006 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923103317/http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/16/pentagon.video/index.html |archive-date=September 23, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> Most who died were civilians, as well as 343 firefighters, 72 law enforcement officers, 55 military personnel, and the 19 terrorists.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Andrea |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-08-20-pentagon_x.htm |title=Military's aid and comfort ease 9/11 survivors' burden |work=USA Today |date=August 20, 2002 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=June 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627082049/http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-08-20-pentagon_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.orgsites.com/va/asis151/Sep11Memorial.pdf September 11 Memorial] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326025722/http://www.orgsites.com/va/asis151/Sep11Memorial.pdf |date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> After New York, New Jersey lost the most state citizens.<ref name="beveridge">{{cite news|url=http://www.gothamgazette.com/demographics/91102.shtml|title=9/11/01-02: A Demographic Portrait of the Victims in 10048|website=Gotham Gazette|last=Beveridge|first=Andrew|access-date=September 2, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809142854/http://www.gothamgazette.com/demographics/91102.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks.<ref name="countries_deaths">{{cite web|title=A list of the countries whose citizens died as a result of the attacks on September 11, 2001 |publisher=[[Bureau of International Information Programs|U.S. Department of State, Office of International Information Programs]] |url=http://usinfo.state.gov/is/img/assets/4756/9_11onepager1.pdf |access-date=March 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411152231/http://usinfo.state.gov/is/img/assets/4756/9_11onepager1.pdf |archive-date=April 11, 2008}}</ref> In New York City, more than 90% of the workers and visitors who died in the towers had been at or above the points of impact. In the North Tower, between 1,344<ref>{{cite news|date=September 10, 2003|title=Two Years Later: The 91st Floor; The Line Between Life and Death, Still Indelible|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/us/two-years-later-the-91st-floor-the-line-between-life-and-death-still-indelible.html|access-date=December 5, 2022|archive-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205201711/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/us/two-years-later-the-91st-floor-the-line-between-life-and-death-still-indelible.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and 1,402<ref>{{cite news|website=[[Forbes]]|title=9/11 Survivors And Thrivers|access-date=December 5, 2022|last=Bousquette|first=Isabelle|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabellebousquette/2021/09/10/911-survivors-and-thrivers/?sh=285a95f2552d|archive-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205201710/https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabellebousquette/2021/09/10/911-survivors-and-thrivers/?sh=285a95f2552d|url-status=live}}</ref> people were at, above or one floor below the point of impact and all died. Hundreds were killed instantly the moment the plane struck.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch9.htm |title=Heroism and Horror |year=2004 |publisher=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States |access-date=July 1, 2006 |archive-date=August 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815141749/http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch9.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The estimated 800 people<ref name="102Mins">{{cite news |last=Dwyer |first=Jim |author2=Lipton, Eric |title=102 Minutes: Last Words at the Trade Center; Fighting to Live as the Towers Die |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/nyregion/102-minutes-last-words-at-the-trade-center-fighting-to-live-as-the-towers-die.html |date=May 26, 2002 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114063928/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/nyregion/102-minutes-last-words-at-the-trade-center-fighting-to-live-as-the-towers-die.html |archive-date=November 14, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> who survived the impact were trapped and died in the fires or from smoke inhalation; fell or jumped from the tower to escape the smoke and flames; or were killed in the building's collapse. The destruction of all three staircases in the North Tower when Flight 11 hit made it impossible for anyone from the impact zone upward to escape. 107 people not trapped by the impact died.<ref name="NISTcasualties">{{harvp|Sunder|2005|p=48}}</ref> When the plane struck between floors 93 and 99, the 92nd floor was also rendered inescapable when the crash severed all elevator shafts while debris falling from the impact zone blocked the stairwells, ensuring the deaths of all 69 workers on the floor below the point of impact. In the South Tower, around 600 people were on or above the 77th floor when Flight 175 struck and few survived. As with the North Tower, hundreds were killed at the moment of impact. Unlike those in the North Tower, the estimated 300 survivors<ref name="102Mins" /> of the crash were not technically trapped by the damage done by Flight 175's impact, but most were either unaware that a means of escape still existed or were unable to use it. One stairway, [[Stairwell A]], narrowly avoided being destroyed as Flight 175 crashed through the building, allowing 14 people located on the floors of impact (including [[Stanley Praimnath]], a man who saw the plane coming at him) and four more from the floors above to escape. New York City [[9-1-1]] operators who received calls from people inside the tower were not well informed of the situation as it rapidly unfolded and as a result, told callers not to descend the tower on their own.<ref>{{cite book |last=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks |title=''The 9/11 Commission Report'' |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |date=July 22, 2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/911commissionrep00nati/page/294 |page=[https://archive.org/details/911commissionrep00nati/page/294 294] |isbn=978-0-393-32671-0 |access-date=January 24, 2014 |edition=first }}</ref> In total, 630 people died in the South Tower, fewer than half the number killed in the North Tower.<ref name="NISTcasualties" /> Of the 100β200 people witnessed jumping or falling to their deaths that morning,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-02-jumper_x.htm|title=Desperation forced a horrific decision|work=USA Today|access-date=April 18, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906201041/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-02-jumper_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> only three recorded sightings were from the South Tower.<ref>{{cite journal|last=National Institute of Standards and Technology|title=Final Reports from the NIST World Trade Center Disaster Investigation|journal=NIST|year=2005|url=https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar1-5av1.pdf|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=September 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911011051/https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar1-5av1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|86}} Casualties in the South Tower were significantly reduced because some occupants decided to leave the building immediately following the first crash, and because Eric Eisenberg, an executive at [[Aon (company)|AON Insurance]], made the decision to evacuate the floors occupied by AON (floors 92 and 98β105) in the moments following the impact of Flight 11. The 17-minute gap allowed over 900 of the 1,100 AON employees present on-site to evacuate from above the 77th floor before the South Tower was struck; Eisenberg was among the nearly 200 who did not escape. Similar pre-impact evacuations were carried out by companies such as [[Fiduciary Trust Company International|Fiduciary Trust]], [[Corporation Service Company|CSC]], and Euro Brokers, all of whom had offices on floors above the point of impact. The failure to order a full evacuation of the South Tower after the first plane crash into the North Tower was described by ''[[USA Today]]'' as "one of the day's great tragedies".<ref name="Purpura 2007 p300">{{cite book |last=Purpura |first=Philip |title=Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ir4gbdZLlOEC&pg=PA300|access-date=September 16, 2017 |edition=5th |year=2007 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-08-055400-6 |page=300 |chapter=Life safety, fire protection, and emergencies |quote=Almost all the 600 people in the top floors of the south tower died after a second hijacked airliner crashed in the 80th floor shortly after 9{{spaces}}a.m. The failure to evacuate the building was one of the day's great tragedies.}}</ref> As exemplified in the photograph ''[[The Falling Man]]'', more than 200 people fell to their deaths from the burning towers, most of whom were forced to [[Jumper (suicide)|jump]] to escape the extreme heat, fire and smoke.<ref name="horrificdecision">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-02-jumper_x.htm |title=Desperation forced a horrific decision |work=USA Today |date=September 2, 2002 |last1=Cauchon |first1=Dennis |last2=Moore |first2=Martha |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=September 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901152537/http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-02-jumper_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Some occupants of each tower above the point of impact made their way toward the roof in the hope of helicopter rescue, but the roof access doors were locked.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paltrow|first1=Scot|title=Could Helicopters Have Saved People From the Top of the Trade Center?|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1003784754436648720|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 23, 2001|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813051841/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1003784754436648720|url-status=live}}</ref> No plan existed for helicopter rescues, and the combination of roof equipment, thick smoke and intense heat prevented helicopters from approaching.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/18/terror/main618174.shtml|title=Poor Info Hindered 9/11 Rescue|publisher=CBS News|date=May 18, 2004|access-date=September 2, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172234/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poor-info-hindered-9-11-rescue/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the World Trade Center complex, a total of 414 emergency workers died as they tried to rescue people and fight fires, while another law enforcement officer was separately killed when United 93 crashed. The [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY) lost 343 firefighters, including a chaplain and two [[paramedics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyfd.com/9_11_wtc.html|title=The Unofficial Home Page of FDNY|publisher=New York City Fire Department|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408020920/https://nyfd.com/9_11_wtc.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Deadliest incidents resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters |url=https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/Emergency-Responders/Firefighter-fatalities-in-the-United-States/Deadliest-incidents-resulting-in-the-deaths-of-8-or-more-firefighters |publisher=[[National Fire Protection Association]] |access-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328084413/https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/Emergency-Responders/Firefighter-fatalities-in-the-United-States/Deadliest-incidents-resulting-in-the-deaths-of-8-or-more-firefighters |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 11, 2002 |title=Congressional Record, Vol. 148, No. 76 |url=https://www.congress.gov/107/crec/2002/06/11/CREC-2002-06-11.pdf |publisher=Government Printing Office |page=H3312 |quote=[[Joel Hefley|Mr. Hefley]]: That fateful Tuesday we lost 72 police officers, the largest single loss of law enforcement personnel in a single day in the history of our country. |access-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324004649/https://www.congress.gov/107/crec/2002/06/11/CREC-2002-06-11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) lost 23 officers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Post-9/11 report recommends police, fire response changes |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-19-nypd-nyfd-report_x.htm |date=August 19, 2002 |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820043759/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-19-nypd-nyfd-report_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Port Authority Police Department]] (PAPD) lost 37 officers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police back on day-to-day beat after 9/11 nightmare|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/07/20/wtc.police/|date=July 21, 2002|publisher=CNN|access-date=November 12, 2013|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113015111/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/07/20/wtc.police/|url-status=live}}</ref> Eight emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics from private emergency medical services (EMS) units were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-memorial.org/Tribute/EMS/medics.html|title=EMT & Paramedics|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203041213/http://www.world-memorial.org/Tribute/EMS/medics.html|archive-date=February 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Almost all of the emergency personnel who died at the scene that day were killed as a result of the towers collapsing, with the exception of one who was struck by a civilian falling from the upper floors of the South Tower.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/september-11-2001-5-firsthand-stories-from-people-who-survived-1.6130622|title=September 11, 2001: 5 firsthand stories from people who survived|date=September 11, 2021|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=November 1, 2022|language=en|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306234907/https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/september-11-2001-5-firsthand-stories-from-people-who-survived-1.6130622|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cantor Fitzgerald]] L.P. (an investment bank on the North Tower's 101stβ105th floors) lost 658 employees, considerably more than any other employer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5282060.stm?lsf |title=Cantor rebuilds after 9/11 losses |publisher=BBC News |date=September 4, 2006 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=April 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406160843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5282060.stm?lsf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Marsh & McLennan Companies|Marsh Inc.]], located immediately below Cantor Fitzgerald on floors 93β100, lost 358 employees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memorial.mmc.com/|title=Marsh & McLennan Companies 9/11 Memorial|access-date=September 7, 2011|archive-date=August 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818143251/http://memorial.mmc.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmc.com/about/history.php |title=Milestones of Marsh & McLennan Companies |access-date=September 7, 2011 |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233407/http://www.mmc.com/about/history.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 175 employees of [[Aon Corporation]] were also killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20070911/REG/70911011 |title=Industry honors fallen on 9/11 anniversary |publisher=InvestmentNews |last=Siegel |first=Aaron |date=September 11, 2007 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114124815/http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20070911/REG/70911011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST) estimated that about 17,400 civilians were in the World Trade Center complex at the time of the attacks. Turnstile counts from the Port Authority suggest 14,154 people were typically in the Twin Towers by 8:45{{spaces}}a.m.{{sfnp|Averill|2005|loc="Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications"}}{{page needed|date=July 2019}}{{sfnp|Dwyer|Flynn|2005|p=266}} Most people below the impact zone safely evacuated the buildings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/nyregion/102-minutes-last-words-at-the-trade-center-fighting-to-live-as-the-towers-die.html |title=Last Words at the Trade Center; Fighting to Live as the Towers Die |last1=Dwyer |first1=Jim |first2=Eric |last2=Lipton |first3=Kevin |last3=Flynn |first4=James |last4=Glanz |work=The New York Times |date=May 26, 2002 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912025748/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/nyregion/102-minutes-last-words-at-the-trade-center-fighting-to-live-as-the-towers-die.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Arlington County, Virginia]], 125 Pentagon workers died when Flight 77 crashed into the building's western side. 70 were civilians and 55 were military personnel, many of whom worked for the [[United States Army]] or the [[United States Navy]]. The Army lost 47 civilian employees; six civilian contractors; and 22 soldiers, while the Navy lost six civilian employees; three civilian contractors; and 33 sailors. Seven [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA) civilian employees died, and one [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]] (OSD) contractor.<ref name="national">{{cite web|title=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States|publisher=U.S. Congress|date=August 21, 2004|url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm|access-date=September 8, 2006|archive-date=September 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903025127/http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfnp|Goldberg et al.|2007|pp=208β12}}<ref>{{cite web |title=September 11, 2001 Pentagon Victims |url=http://www.patriotresource.com/wtc/victims/pentagon.html |publisher=Patriot Resource |access-date=March 18, 2016 |archive-date=June 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625175936/http://www.patriotresource.com/wtc/victims/pentagon.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lieutenant General]] [[Timothy Maude]], an Army Deputy Chief of Staff, was the highest-ranking military official killed at the Pentagon.<ref name="arlington">{{cite web|title=Remembering the Lost: Timothy J. Maude, Lieutenant General, United States Army|publisher=Arlington National Cemetery|date=September 22, 2001|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tjmaude.htm|access-date=April 16, 2001|archive-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523142334/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tjmaude.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Weeks after the attack, the death toll was estimated to be over 6,000, more than twice the number of deaths eventually confirmed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/09/29/gen.america.under.attack/index.html |title=Source: Hijacking suspects linked to Afghanistan |publisher=CNN |date=September 30, 2001 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225171616/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/09/29/gen.america.under.attack/index.html%20 |url-status=live }}</ref> The city was only able to identify remains for about 1,600 of the World Trade Center victims. The medical examiner's office collected "about 10,000 unidentified bone and tissue fragments that cannot be matched to the list of the dead".<ref name="CBS2">{{cite news |title=Ground Zero Forensic Work Ends |publisher=CBS News |date=February 23, 2005 |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/23/national/main675839.shtml |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172509/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ground-zero-forensic-work-ends/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bone fragments were still being found in 2006 by workers who were preparing to demolish the damaged [[Deutsche Bank Building]]. In 2010, a team of anthropologists and archaeologists searched for human remains and personal items at the [[Fresh Kills Landfill]], where 72 more human remains were recovered, bringing the total found to 1,845. DNA profiling continues in an attempt to identify additional victims.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andrade |first=Mariano |title=Scientists still struggle to identify 9/11 remains |url=http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/world-trade-center-remains-110826.htm |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=August 25, 2011 |access-date=September 5, 2011 |work=[[Discovery News]] |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403064003/http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/world-trade-center-remains-110826.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/remains-wtc-worker-ernest-james-40-id-ten-years-9-11-article-1.945620 |title=Remains of WTC worker Ernest James, 40, ID'd ten years after 9/11 |last=Lemre |first=Jonathan |work=New York Daily News |date=August 24, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912163530/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/remains-wtc-worker-ernest-james-40-id-ten-years-9-11-article-1.945620 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DNAContinue">{{cite news |first=Bobby |last=Cuza |title=9/11 A Decade Later: DNA Matching Efforts To Continue At WTC Site |date=June 11, 2011 |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/143516/9-11-a-decade-later--remains-from-wtc-tested-by-latest-dna-tech |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920211012/http://www.ny1.com/content/143516/9-11-a-decade-later--remains-from-wtc-tested-by-latest-dna-tech |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |publisher=[[NY1]] |access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref> The remains are being held in storage in Memorial Park, outside the New York City Medical Examiner's facilities. It was expected that the remains would be moved in 2013 to a repository behind a wall at the 9/11 museum.{{update inline|date=September 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-19 |title=The Disturbed Tomb: Memorialization and Human Remains at the 9/11 Museum |url=https://paulmullins.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/the-disturbed-tomb-memorialization-and-human-remains-at-the-911-museum/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Archaeology and Material Culture |language=en |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624200219/https://paulmullins.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/the-disturbed-tomb-memorialization-and-human-remains-at-the-911-museum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2011, a team of scientists at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner continued efforts to identify remains, in the hope that improved technology will allow them to identify other victims.<ref name="DNAContinue" /> In August 2017, the 1,641st victim was identified as a result of newly available DNA technology,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40855907|title=9/11 victim identified 16 years on|date=August 7, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=November 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129165713/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40855907|url-status=live}}</ref> and a 1,642nd during July 2018.<ref name="no1642">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/september-11-2001-attacks-remains-victim-scott-michael-johnson-identified/|title="Finality": 9/11 victim's remains identified 17 years later|date=July 26, 2018|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=March 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324190315/https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/september-11-2001-attacks-remains-victim-scott-michael-johnson-identified/|url-status=live}}</ref> Three more victims were identified in October 2019,<ref>{{cite news |date=October 18, 2019 |title=New York 9/11 Victim Identified 18 Years After Attack |work=ABC WNEP-16 |url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/new-york-9-11-victim-identified-18-years-after-attack/523-5d8a00b6-4e72-4d47-a5c1-a9d8f89ec82c |url-status=live |access-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808125056/https://www.wnep.com/article/news/new-york-9-11-victim-identified-18-years-after-attack/523-5d8a00b6-4e72-4d47-a5c1-a9d8f89ec82c |archive-date=August 8, 2020}}</ref> two in September 2021<ref name="2021-Sep">{{cite news |date=September 7, 2021 |title=2 new 9/11 victims identified through DNA testing, first new IDs since Oct. 2019 |url=https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/2-new-9-11-victims-identified-through-dna-testing-first-new-ids-since-oct-2019 |access-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908004755/https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/2-new-9-11-victims-identified-through-dna-testing-first-new-ids-since-oct-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and an additional two in September 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sottile |first=Kristina Sgueglia, Zoe |date=2023-09-08 |title=Two new 9/11 victims identified, the first identifications in two years |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/us/september-11-new-victim-identifications/index.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024141323/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/us/september-11-new-victim-identifications/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of September 2023, 1,104 victims remain unidentified,<ref name=":0"/> amounting to 40% of the deaths in the World Trade Center attacks.<ref name="2021-Sep"/> On September 25, 2023, the FDNY reported that with the death of EMT Hilda Vannata and retired firefighter Robert Fulco, marking the 342nd and 343rd deaths from 9/11-related illnesses, the department had now lost the same number of firefighters, EMTs, and civilian members to 9/11-related illnesses as it did on the day of the attacks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/fdny-loses-343rd-member-to-911-related-illness-as-many-as-died-on-day-of-attacks/|title=FDNY loses 343rd member to 9/11 related illness -- as many as died on day of attacks|publisher=[[CBS New York]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=September 25, 2023|access-date=September 25, 2023|archive-date=September 25, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230925140642/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/fdny-loses-343rd-member-to-911-related-illness-as-many-as-died-on-day-of-attacks/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/fdny-death-toll-september-11-emt-911-related-illness/13824058/|title=FDNY lives lost from 9/11-related illnesses now matches death toll from the day|publisher=[[WABC-TV]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=September 25, 2023|access-date=September 25, 2023|archive-date=September 25, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230925140931/https://abc7ny.com/fdny-death-toll-september-11-emt-911-related-illness/13824058/}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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