Leaving flowers and embracing at the 9/11 memorial on Sept. 11, 2022.
File photo/Dean Moses
Two more victims of the 9/11 attacks on New York City have been identified just days before the city marks the 22nd anniversary of the day of infamy, Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham announced on Friday.
The remains of the victims, a man and woman whose names aren’t being released by the city at the request of their families, mark the 1,648th and 1,649th individuals lost in the terror attacks on the World Trade Center who have been identified by the city’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), according to the mayor’s office. The man and woman were not first responders, according to a City Hall spokesperson.
The announcement comes just days before the city mourns on Monday the 22nd anniversary of the attacks, in which terrorists flew two hijacked commercial airplanes into the Twin Towers, destroying the buildings and killing 2,753 people. It was part of a coordinated assault on America; another hijacked plane was crashed into the Pentagon that morning, while a fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in Shanksville, PA after passengers on board fought the hijackers and thwarted a potential second attack on the nation’s capitol.
“As we prepare to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11, our thoughts turn to those we lost on that terrible morning and their families who continue to live every day with the pain of missing loved ones,” Adams said in a statement. “We hope these new identifications can bring some measure of comfort to the families of these victims, and the ongoing efforts by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner attest to the city’s unwavering commitment to reunite all the World Trade Center victims with their loved ones.”
Identifying remains of victims allows their families to give them a proper burial and perhaps get a modicum of closure after more than two decades.
The medical examiner’s office utilized…
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