2024-01-23 02:36:00
Approximately and40 percent of the victims of the attack on the Twin Towers still could not be identified by authorities, although recent advances in extracting specific DNA fragments from deteriorated samples allowed victim number 1,650 is announced. The family of John Ballantine Niven He appreciated the efforts to be able to say goodbye, 22 years after the attack.
More than 1,100 victims at ground zero where the Twin Towers stood have yet to be identified, but the New York Medical Examiner’s office hopes new technology will dramatically help advance progress. As detailed New York Post, it involves extracting specific fragments of DNA from a larger, often deteriorated sample, to analyze it. The innovative technology of DNA sequencing, along with mitochondrial DNA analysis and other procedures have been refined since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack, city officials announced Thursday.
As DNA testing has evolved, so have efforts to connect more than 21,900 remains to individual victims, he reported. DailyMail. In some cases, Scientists have returned to the same pieces 10 or more times, hoping that technological advances will provide answers. The difficulty is that few complete bodies were recovered when the Twin Towers collapsed in a fire and with burning chemicals, such as jet fuel.
“Our solemn promise to find answers for families using the latest advances in science remains as strong today as in the days immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center,” Chief Medical Examiner Jason Graham said in a statement. “This new identification attests to the unwavering commitment of our agency and the determination of our scientists”, he added. The new technology was also recently used in the case of the Long Island serial killer identified as Rex Heuermann.
The mayor of New York, Eric Adamsalso said in a statement: “While the pain of the enormous losses of 9/11 will never leave us, Possibility of new identification may offer comfort to victims’ families”. “I am grateful for the continued work of the Chief Medical Examiner’s office honoring the memory of John Ballantine Niven and all those we lost.” Niven is the 1,650th victim identified in the attack in which a total of 2,753 people died.
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Who was John Ballantine Niven
John Ballantine Niven, of Oyster Bay, Long Island, died at age 44. He attended Lake Forest College in Illinois and was a member of the St. Nicholas Society of New York. He was the senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Aon Risk Servicesan insurance firm on the 105th floor of the second tower of the complex called the World Trade Center.
His wife Ellen Niven and son Jack said they were grateful for his “extraordinary efforts.” of city officials continuing the difficult task of identifying the victims’ remains. “It is certainly emotional for me, and I am sure for many others, to hear many years later that DNA has been found,” the woman wrote Thursday in an email to Associated Press.
“It’s a true tribute to New York City and to the teams who worked behind the scenes all these years to honor that ‘Never Forget’ mantra. My son and I are very grateful for this tremendous effort,” said Ellen, who stressed that she is grateful that the family will have a part of him to rest. “We have a grave where we buried a box of memories and now we will be able to bury part of it, which is significant for us“he confided to Newsday.
Niven and his family had divided their time between Manhattan and Oyster Bay, according to obituaries at the time. John enjoyed playing tennis in the area with childhood friends, reading about history and philosophy, and prioritized time with his son Jack, who was only 18 months old when his father died. His obituary revealed how he “took his son everywhere, to wash the car or take a dip in the pool.”
The now 23-year-old also praised the efforts to find his father’s remains: “The Medical Examiner’s office and the police who continue to deliver this emotional news are doing an incredible job, and The enduring effort of these tributes is all the more poignant given the considerable passage of time.”, reflected the son of victim number 1,650. After his death, Niven’s widow revealed: “He said that, although his life was short, he was truly blessed with the years he had”.
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