{"id":374362,"date":"2026-10-16T00:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374362\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T00:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:44:30","slug":"news-12-bronx-breakthrough-dna-technology-used-to-identify-second-911-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374362\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Breakthrough Dna Technology Used To Identify Second 911 Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">It&#8217;s been over 25 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, but investigators have identified another victim of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The woman, who died in one of the World Trade Center towers in 2001, was identified through forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG), a groundbreaking technique that combines advanced DNA analysis with genealogical research.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">It is the second identification made using FIGG technology <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/2026\/08\/25\/remains-of-911-victim-identified-ahead-of-25th-anniversary\/4A8ppl5FB2qX4LItxeLNuj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since August<\/a>, according to Julie Bolcer, the deputy commissioner of Public Affairs &amp; Communications for the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">In both cases, the woman&#8217;s name and hometown are being withheld at the family&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Investigators use FIGG to develop identification leads through DNA and family history research, which are then confirmed through additional DNA testing and other forensic methods.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The latest breakthrough brings the number of victims identified from the 2001 attacks to 1,655.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Still, 1,098 victims, representing about 40% of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center, have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been over 25 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, but investigators have identified another victim of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-374362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374362","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=374362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}