The Battle for Ground Zero, Part 185

Three more victims from 9/11 were identified from remains. The three were able to be identified using new advanced DNA identification techniques developed since the attacks. The remains were not among those found in the past two weeks in the searches of underground utility vaults. One was a flight attendant from Boston who was on AA Flight 11 when it crashed into the North Tower.

40% of the WTC victims have not been identified via remains. The medical examiner's office is holding them in special storage until such time that scientists might be able to come up with new DNA techniques to identify them.

That means that we'll be hearing about the identifications for a long time to come.

Meanwhile, a nun who offered aid and comfort to Ground Zero workers died of a lung ailment, quite possibly from her inhalation of debris from Ground Zero.

The nun who spent six months blessing human remains in the rubble at Ground Zero lost her battle for life Wednesday, and her attorney believes her death is directly related to the air she inhaled at the site.

Officials say Sister Cindy Mahoney volunteered to work at the former World Trade Center site, only to develop lung disease years later.
The 54-year-old nun told attorney David Worby that she wanted her body autopsied to prove that she and her fellow Sept. 11th workers were sickened by the poisonous air at the site.

UPDATE:
The call for the federal joint POW/MIA Accounting Command to get involved in the systematic search for additional remains at Ground Zero - to take over for the city's search.

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