Eleven years after the September 11 attacks, the New York City coroner has identified the remains of the 1,634th victim.
The remains were positively identified as belonging to Anna Laverty, 52, one of the 2,753 people killed when passenger planes hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants slammed into New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
No human remains have been linked to 1,119 of the victims, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which announced the latest positive identification on Thursday.
Since 2006, authorities have selected 6,134 bone fragments and 1,845 other remains for advanced DNA testing, which has led to the identification of 34 victims.
9/11 victim identified 11 years after attack on US
Eleven years after the September 11 attacks, the New York City coroner has identified the remains of the 1,634th victim.
The remains were positively identified as belonging to Anna Laverty, 52, one of the 2,753 people killed when passenger planes hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants slammed into New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
No human remains have been linked to 1,119 of the victims, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which announced the latest positive identification on Thursday.
Since 2006, authorities have selected 6,134 bone fragments and 1,845 other remains for advanced DNA testing, which has led to the identification of 34 victims.
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