2 new 9/11 victims identified as medical examiner vows to continue testing remains
Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified two more victims. Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified two more victims, the city announced Friday. The names are being withheld at the request of the families, but they are the 1,648th and 1,649th victims to be identified of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center. These two victims are the first new World Trade Center identifications since September 2021. People visit the National September 11 Memorial ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Sept. 7, 2023, in New York City. Gary Hershorn/ABC News MORE: 'No words': 9/11 death toll continues to rise 22 years later Forty percent of those who died at the World Trade Center -- 1,104 victims -- remain unidentified. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner...