But no one is giving up. The 1,111 others have yet to yield identifiable information. "But they see how important it is. It has yet to be matched to DNA.”

Those who today serve as experts in his lab "were probably in elementary or grade school at the time” of the attacks, Desire said with a smile. But the World

Trade Center is different. "I felt really good about it,” said Veronica Cano, one of the team’s criminalists. "We’re very close with the families and that’

s uncommon for forensic scientists.Teams from all over the world -- from Argentina to South Africa -- now come to New York to learn from the team. "It’s hard

not to be emotional because of the hugs and the thank yous,” said Cano.”plane attack, world trade centre, twin tower attack, 9/11 attacks Location: United

States, New York, New York.He refused to confirm the program’s budget, but it is the best equipped and advanced lab in North America.In July, almost a year after

the last identification, the lab added another name to the list -- Scott Michael Johnson, a 26-year-old financial analyst who had been working on the 89th floor of

the South Tower.New York: Seventeen years later, more than 1,100 victims of the hijacked plane attacks on the World Trade Center are yet to be identified.” The

lab only dedicates part of its work to 9/11 identification and handles other deaths and disappearances. "These are all the same protocol that we had in 2001, but

we were able to improve the process for each of the steps, out of necessity,” Desire said. "But it also gives you some solace that you’re able to give your

loved one a proper burial. "When you’re notified, it brings you back to that day, the horrific way that they died,” said Mary Fetchet, who lost her 24-year-old

son Brad when the towers that once dotted New York’s skyline came crashing down.3 miles (two kilometers) from what was once known as Ground Zero. But I try to be

professional and try to bring closure to the families.The forensic examiner’s office holds about 17,000 samples, but none for about 100 victims, which makes it a

vain effort to pursue identification for those remains.At first, they examine a bone fragment found in the wreckage of the Twin Towers.Cut and ground to a fine

dust, the remains are then mixed with two chemical products that can expose and then extract DNA.But in a New York lab, a team is still avidly working to identify

the remains, with technological progress on its side.” The 22,000 pieces of human remains found at the site since the attacks have all been tested -- some 10 or

15 times already.In Manhattan, Desire is the only original member of the forensic team still working on the project.When meeting with families of the victims,

Desire said the team talks "about the future, LFT Mould Suppliers what we’re working on

right now that helps making more identifications.So far, only 1,642 of the 2,753 people who died in the attacks in New York have been formally identified. "This

has defined my career,” he said, a twinkle in his eye as he speaks of new technologies he’s impatient to use to test the remains. "It’s very rewarding for me

that I’m doing something for someone.Families of victims sometimes stop by the lab.” In 2001, the head of the forensic office, Charles Hirsch, understood that

time would be an ally in the effort to identify the remains, and he ordered that all the remains be conserved.” The role of relatives is critical in technical

terms because only comparison of the DNA of the remains with a sample provided by the families can allow identification.The team’s work takes place in separate

offices located about 1.A very precise procedure allows relatives to decide if and how they will be informed of the identification of the loved one they

lost.Several years have sometimes passed without the lab adding a name. So you could physically have a sample with very very small amounts of DNA there. "The

bone is the hardest biological material to work with,” said Mark Desire, assistant director of forensic biology at the office of chief medical examiner in New

York. "And, on top of that, when they’re exposed to things that were present at Ground Zero, fire, mold, bacteria, sunlight, jet fuel, diesel fuel, all these

destroy DNA. We’re all trained to be impartial, to be unbiased, to not get emotional. But success is not guaranteed. Day in, day out, they repeat the same

protocol dozens of times. "We are trained to not be affected, but we do get affected by it because it’s something that affects everyone in some way.” Fetchet

co-founded Voices of September 11th, a group that helps address the long-term needs of those impacted by 9/11 and other tragedies

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