13 years later: remains of Haredi at Ground Zero

Thirteen years after the historic bombing of the WTC disaster – in which Israelis and Haredi Jews were also killed, this week the remains of the bodies of Haredi victims were discovered.

A family living in Boro Park received yesterday (Thursday) a call from the main pathologist of New York, who told them that remains from the body of their father were discovered. According to him, using new equipment they were able to find more remains of bodies, including remains of the Haredi deceased from Boro Park and another Israeli fatality.

In the coming days the remains of the body will be given ov er to the family to bring them to Jewish burial.

The death toll from the Twin Tower disaster was estimated at 6,000, more than double than the number approved finally. Only 1,600 victims have been identified with certainty, but the medical forces gathered around 10,000 parts of undetected bone and tissue from the attack. Bone fragments continued to emerge until 2006. In 2010, a team of anthropologists and archaeologists searched for human remains or personal objects at the Fresh Kilz Park, a city dump to which the wreckages of the buildings were taken. Thanks to this effort, another 72 body parts were found.

The DNA identification process continues even today, in an attempt to identify more victims. As of 2011, 1,631 victims have been identified, while about 41% have not yet been identified. At the Twin Towers disaster Haredi Jews were also killed, because of their lack of identification, the victims' names were kept secret, due to problems of agunos and the like.

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