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1,641st victim of 9/11 attack on World Trade Center identified

Monday, August 7, 2017

A white pigeon rests on the National September 11 Memorial North Pool, Friday, April 14, 2017, in New York.

NEW YORK CITY -- The New York City Medical Examiner has identified a victim of the World Trade Center terror attack for the first time in more than two years.

One thousand, six hundred and forty-one people have now been identified since the attack on September 11, 2001.

The medical examiner continues to try to identify all 2,753 victims of the disaster.

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Smoke pours off one of the towers of the World Trade Center as flames explode from the second one as it is struck by a plane Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.none
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Firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, the vertical struts which once faced the soaring outer walls of the World Trade Center towers.none
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Smoke pours off one of the towers of the World Trade Center as flames explode from the second one as it is struck by a plane Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.none
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People flee the scene near New York's World Trade Center after terrorists crashed two planes into the towers on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.none
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The north tower of the World Trade Center collapses after a hijacked plane crashed into it on September 11, 2001 in New York City.none
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Debris fall from one of the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after a hijacked plane crashed into the tower on September 11, 2001 in New York City.none
Debris fall from one of the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after a hijacked plane crashed into the tower on September 11, 2001 in New York City.none


The identification of the latest victim was confirmed through DNA retesting of remains recovered in 2001.

The name of the man is being withheld at the request of his family.

The identification of the man is the first of a World Trade Center victim since March 2015. Some 1,112 victims, or 40% of those who died, remain unidentified.
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