The Rescue and Clean Up
Looking for Survivors, that which, in a controlled demolition, not many would be expected to be found alive and not many were found alive.... and most bodies that were found were found in pieces. Over 1000 bodies are still missing.
God Bless all the people who helped and who’s lives were affected by this evil act.
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nearly 2,800 victims
fewer than 300 whole bodies found
fewer than 1,600 victims identified
over 1,100 victims remain unidentified
over 800 victims identified by DNA alone
nearly 20,000 pieces of bodies found
over 6,000 pieces small enough to fit in test-tubes
over 200 pieces matched to single person
nearly 10,000 unidentified pieces frozen for future analysis
The aircraft impacts and fires in all probability would not have destroyed a single body beyond positive identification. Nor have building collapses ever been known to destroy human remains beyond recognition. However, the buildings were destroyed in a manner that converted most of their non-metallic contents to homogeneous dust, including the bodies.