More Ground Zero victims identified

NEW DNA testing has identified human remains recovered years ago from the World Trade Centre wreckage to be those of a flight attendant and passenger from American Airlines Flight 11, the first hijacked plane to crash into a tower on September 11 2001.

Remains of a third victim have also been identified, but his family asked that his name not be released, the city’s medical examiner’s office announced.

The newly-identified remains had been held by the medical examiner’s office for years, but even now, human bones are still being found at the site as construction begins at Ground Zero on the planned Freedom Tower.