'We never recovered him': Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continues
Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.
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Notable Quotes
"I've spent essentially my entire life knowing my father died, and learning to live with the fact that we never recovered him."
— Juliette Scauso , Other
"There is real promise in using this approach."
— Angela Soler , Academic
"It's been one of the most complex identification efforts that I think anybody has ever really experienced."
— Angela Soler , Academic
"That's why all these years down the road, we're still getting new identifications, because we're just continuing to retest and retry with every new technology that becomes available."
— Angela Soler , Academic
Key People
Angela Soler is the director of forensic anthropology in New York City's medical examiner office.
Dennis Scauso was a firefighter with the FDNY who died during the 9/11 attacks.
Juliette Scauso is the daughter of firefighter Dennis Scauso, who was killed in the 9/11 attacks.
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Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.
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