{"id":329313,"date":"2026-08-25T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329313\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:38:12","slug":"world-trade-center-victim-in-nyc-identified-in-dna-genealogy-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329313\/","title":{"rendered":"World Trade Center victim in NYC identified in DNA genealogy breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks<\/a>, a family has finally received an answer after New York City investigators used a first-of-its-kind DNA and genealogy technique to identify a woman killed at the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

The adult woman, whose name is being withheld at her family\u2019s request, is the first World Trade Center victim<\/a> identified through forensic investigative genetic genealogy, New York City officials announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

Her identification marks the 1,654th person identified from remains recovered after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which killed 2,753 people in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Family members of 9 \/11 victims and people tribute their loved ones on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the 9\/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City in 2023.\u00a0 (Fatih Aktas\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

The breakthrough came through a collaboration between the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and the NYPD\u2019s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Squad. The technique pairs specialized DNA analysis<\/a> with genealogy research to generate leads that are then confirmed through forensic testing.<\/p>\n

“As we approach the 25th anniversary of the horrific September 11 attacks, we honor the nearly 3,000 people whose lives were stolen that day,” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement. “We remain committed to the families who have spent 25 years waiting for answers.”<\/p>\n

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The breakthrough came through a collaboration between the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner and the NYPD\u2019s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Squad using specialized DNA analysis with genealogy research. (Michael Wyke\/Houston Chronicle, File)<\/p>\n

Forensic investigative genetic genealogy has emerged as a powerful tool in cold cases<\/a>, allowing investigators to trace family connections from DNA evidence and identify people who may otherwise have remained unknown.<\/p>\n

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Graham said the new method could help advance the city\u2019s long-running effort to identify those killed in the attacks.<\/p>\n

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A young boy and his mother look down into the South Pool during 9\/11 observances on Sept. 11, 2018, in New York City. (\u00a0Timothy A. Clary\/AFP via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

“This sacred commitment is propelled by our dedication to apply the most innovative scientific techniques<\/a>,” Graham said. “FIGG represents a promising new addition to our toolkit.”<\/p>\n

Officials said they are also using renewed family outreach and continued DNA retesting<\/a> to link recovered remains to victims already identified.<\/p>\n

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But the work remains unfinished. About 1,099 World Trade Center victims, roughly 40% of those killed, have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

The woman is the first newly identified World Trade Center victim since August 2025, officials said.<\/p>\n

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News <\/a>with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, a family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5279,7373,9,24,63,3286,11803,134,136,135,618],"class_list":["post-329313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-cold-case","tag-missing-persons","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-september-11","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}