New DNA breakthrough identifies a 9/11 victim nearly 25 years later

A new forensic DNA technology has helped identify a previously unidentified victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks nearly 25 years later.

The new identification happened weeks before the 25th anniversary (Picture: Getty) A victim of the 9/11 attacks has been identified as the 25th anniversary of the disaster looms. New York City has been working for more than two decades to formally identify each of the more than 2,600 people who died when the Twin Tower

9/11 victim ID'd using new forensic technique, Mamdani says  USA Today

The terrorist attack killed 2,753 people in New York City.

A first-of-its-kind forensic genealogy technique helped New York City investigators identify a World Trade Center victim nearly 25 years after 9/11.

40 per cent of the 2,753 people who died in the city on Sept 11 have not been linked to remains.