More than a thousand victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack remain unidentified after 17 years

The remains of 1111 victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York in 2001 remain unidentified. Over the past five years, specialists managed to identify the individuals of the next five dead.

The victims of September 11, 2001 during the destruction of buildings of the World Commercial Center as a result of the al-Qaeda terrorist attack* became 2753 people, including those who were missing and presumably dead. Only 1642, or about 60%, are identified to date, reports Reuters.

Studies on the analysis of DNA help to identify more victims, but serve as a small consolation for the Americans, whose relatives may have been buried at the Steiten Island dump, which were reduced from the World Trade Center.

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“We are grateful that the identification continues, but there are many materials that could be used during the investigation if the city authorities had not treated us so unceremoniously,” the agency quoted the words of Diana Horning, whose son was in the northern tower of the World Trade Center, when the plane crashed into the building. (Translation by TASS.)

Today, US President Donald Trump extended a state of emergency for one year, announced in the country after attacks on September 11, 2001, according to the White House website .

"Since the terrorist threat remains, the state of emergency introduced on September 14, 2001, and the powers of the authorities adopted to solve the emergency must continue to operate after September 14, 2018," the report said.

In New York, a ceremony will be held in memory of the victims of terrorist attacks

At 8:46 local time (15:46 in Moscow), from a minute of silence, on the territory of the National Memorial and the Museum on September 11, the ceremony will begin in memory of the victims of terrorist attacks in New York. The ceremony will be attended by relatives of the dead, surviving as a result of the attack, as well as participants in the rescue operation, Interfax reports.

During the ceremony, the names of the dead will be read, minutes of silence will be declared six times: to mark the time when the captured planes crashed into the towers of the World Commercial Center in New York, when the towers collapsed when the Pentagon attack was performed, and when the aircraft of flight 93 captured by the terrorists.

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Tuesday will be at the ceremony in Pennsylvania, where flight 93 crashed, the control over which the crew and passengers tried to intercept on September 11, 2001. The President and the first lady will visit the Memorial in Shanksville, where on the weekend they opened the Tower of Voices memorial dedicated to 40 passengers and crew members of a broken aircraft.

Donald Trump on Twitter mentioned the anniversary of the hashtags tragedy #NEVERFORFORGET #September111TH (Eng.: "We will never forget" and "September 11"). Trump also signed a statement in honor of the "Patriot Day", a memorable date, annually celebrated in the United States in memory of the victims of terrorist attacks on September 11.

Departing Washington, DC to Attend A Flight 93 September 11th Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania with Mlania. #NEVERFORGET PIC.twitter.com/o2SFUERQEB

- Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) September 11, 2018

On the Pentagon building in memory of the events of September 11, the American flag was hung. At the Pentagon ceremony, US Vice President Mike Pence will be present.

September 11 attacks - a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks in the United States, committed by suicide bombers from Al -Qaeda*.

19 terrorists from the group captured four passenger airliners in the United States. They sent two of them to the towers of the World Trade Center - the highest buildings in New York at that time. The terrorists sent the third plane to the Pentagon building in the suburbs of Washington, the fourth was also heading towards the American capital, but crashed near the city of Shanksville in Pennsylvania.

In total, 2977 people died as a result of four terrorist attacks.