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The Continuing Search for 9/11 Victims

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Two decades after the September 11th attacks, New York officials are still working to identify the remains of victims. In a replay of last year’s award-winning report, Brad goes behind the scenes of the effort to reunite families and their loved ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Brad, and today, as you know, is September 11th.

0:03.8

And in today's episode of Start Here, I mentioned there's actually been an interesting new development

0:07.6

regarding the September 11th attacks in New York City.

0:11.2

See, unlike most disaster sites in history, victims' remains at ground zero are incredibly

0:16.2

difficult to identify.

0:17.5

In fact, for the last two decades, scientists have been trying to tell families we found

0:22.2

your loved one.

0:23.2

Here they are.

0:24.2

That is proven tougher than they ever imagined.

0:27.2

Last week, though, officials announced they have identified two more victims.

0:31.7

It is slow, painstaking work probably sounds very macabre.

0:35.3

But last year, we produced an entire feature about how much it means to everyone involved

0:40.3

in the effort.

0:41.3

In fact, just recently, this piece earned an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Sound.

0:45.6

So we thought today, on September 11th, we would like to present this to you as a bonus

0:49.5

episode of Start Here.

0:51.1

It's one year later, of course, so keep that in mind as you listen to these powerful

0:54.1

interviews.

0:55.1

In the meantime, today's regular episode of Start Here is still up, it's in this feed,

0:58.6

it's the pod right above this one.

1:00.5

But for now, I urge you to take a listen to this.

1:08.5

If you've ever been to the 9-11 Memorial and the museum commemorating the victims of

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