Hijackers remains identified
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The New York City medical examiner has identified the remains of two of the 10 hijackers who attacked the World Trade Center. The matches were made using traces of DNA that FBI agents found among the terrorists’ belongings. The FBI has not released the names of the terrorists they identified, and New York officials said they had not decided what to do with the remains. “They should be used as dirt in the road,” said John Cartier, whose brother died in the twin towers. Coroners have identified remains from 1,468 of the 2,792 victims. In some cases, more than 200 pieces of flesh and bone were linked to one person. The city is still trying to identify 13,000 body parts found in the rubble.
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