Medical examiner begins sifting WTC debris for 9/11 remains
NEW YORK The New York City medical examiner has started sifting construction debris from the World Trade Center site in an effort to find any human remains from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, reports CBS New York.
The work began Monday and is expected to continue for about 10 weeks on Staten Island.
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City officials said about 60 truckloads of construction debris from the site have been sent to the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island in the last 2 1/2 years.
Since 2006, the sifting technology led to 34 additional positive identifications.
A total of 2,753 men and women were killed when terrorists destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Only 1,634 -- or about six in 10 -- have been identified.
Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said in a memo Friday that DNA testing will continue until every possible identification can be made.