'Breakthrough' genealogy tests can identify 9/11 victims 25 years later

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1. Sun, 23 August 2026

   1 report
   • abc7ny.com20:25first to reportedited after publishing
     'Breakthrough' genealogy tests can identify 9/11 victims 25 years later

     New York City's medical examiner used a breakthrough test to identify the 1,651st World Trade Center victim.

     1 reprint

     • abc11.com23 Aug, 20:25their copy
2. Mon, 24 August 2026

   7 reports
   • iheart.com06:59
     New Genealogy Tests Confirm 9/11 Victim's Identity

     New genetic genealogy technology has identified a 9/11 victim nearly 25 years after the attacks. The breakthrough combines DNA testing with family tree research, offering hope for identifying more victims. The victim's family chose to remain anonymous.

   • iheart.com06:59
     New Genealogy Tests Confirm 9/11 Victim's Identity

     New genetic genealogy technology has identified a 9/11 victim nearly 25 years after the attacks. The breakthrough combines DNA testing with family tree research, offering hope for identifying more victims. The victim's family chose to remain anonymous.

   • iheart.com06:59
     New Genealogy Tests Confirm 9/11 Victim's Identity

     New genetic genealogy technology has identified a 9/11 victim nearly 25 years after the attacks. The breakthrough combines DNA testing with family tree research, offering hope for identifying more victims. The victim's family chose to remain anonymous.

   • iheart.com06:59
     New Genealogy Tests Confirm 9/11 Victim's Identity

     New genetic genealogy technology has identified a 9/11 victim nearly 25 years after the attacks. The breakthrough combines DNA testing with family tree research, offering hope for identifying more victims. The victim's family chose to remain anonymous.

   • iheart.com06:59
     New Genealogy Tests Confirm 9/11 Victim's Identity

     New genetic genealogy technology has identified a 9/11 victim nearly 25 years after the attacks. The breakthrough combines DNA testing with family tree research, offering hope for identifying more victims. The victim's family chose to remain anonymous.

   • amny.com19:45
     NYC identifies 9/11 terrorist attack victim through breakthrough in forensic DNA investigations a quarter-century later

     URL changednow www.amny.com/remembering-911/nyc-identifies-9-11-terrorist-attack-victim-dna/

     One more family of a 9/11 terrorist attack victim who died at the World Trade Center finally has some closure nearly 25 years after the day of infamy.

   • newsweek.com20:56
     DNA breakthrough identifies 9/11 victim after 25 years

     The woman is the 1,654th victim of the September 11 attacks to be identified.

3. Tue, 25 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Hill16:27
     9/11 victim identified nearly 25 years later with new forensic technique

     The terrorist attack killed 2,753 people in New York City.

4. Wed, 26 August 2026

   2 reports
   • virginislandsnewsonline.com16:00
     9/11 victim identified after nearly 25 years

     Latest Virgin Islands (BVI) News on local community, politics, finance/business, culture and sports.

   • virginislandsnewsonline.com16:00
     9/11 victim identified after nearly 25 years

     Latest Virgin Islands (BVI) News on local community, politics, finance/business, culture and sports.

5. Mon, 31 August 2026

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   • Google News - Top Stories09:00
     9/11 cancers skyrocket nearly 1,700% as toxic toll on survivors surpasses first responders ahead of 25th anniversary

     9/11 cancers skyrocket nearly 1,700% as toxic toll on survivors surpasses first responders ahead of 25th anniversary New York Post Nearly 25 years later, Staten Island is still counting 9/11’s cost — 3,690 cancer diagnoses and rising SILive.com 9/11 25 years later: Medical experts, first responders and survivors set for conference on long-term health impacts of terror attacks amNewYork New 9/11 Research Center on Early Life Exposure Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) 25...

6. Mon, 7 September 2026

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   • wtop.com09:15
     25 years later, 9/11 responders are still dying from illnesses tied to the attacks

     Nearly 25 years after 9/11, illnesses linked to response efforts continue claiming lives. More than 400 FBI employees have been diagnosed.

7. Thu, 10 September 2026

   2 reports
   • NPR News15:44
     Barbara Keating died in the 9/11 attack. She's finally being laid to rest

     Barbara Keating died aboard one of the planes that hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center. Her remains were finally identified last year, and her family is gathering for a long-delayed funeral.

   • BBC News World17:13
     'We never recovered him': Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continues

     Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.

8. Fri, 11 September 2026

   2 reports
   • amny.com11:00
     9/11 25 Years Later: NYPD Chief of Detectives recalls working at Ground Zero, and the death toll that cancer has wrought

     NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny oversees the department’s workload of murders and other serious crimes, often serving as the department's public face at

   • el-balad.com11:34
     Barbara Keating burial marks 2,753 deaths on 9/11 in New York City — How Many People Died On 9/11

     Barbara Keating will be laid to rest Friday in Framingham, Mass., as New York officials say 2,753 people died on 9/11 in New York City.