September 11 victim’s remains identified nearly 23 years later

An aerial view of the World Trade Center disaster site seen in 2001. Picture: Reuters 

The remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Centre on September 11 have been identified more than two decades after the 2001 attacks, the New York City medical examiner’s office has announced.

John Ballantine Niven was a 44-year-old executive at Aon Risk Services, an insurance firm on the 105th floor of tower two of the trade centre complex, according to obituaries at the time.