Hotz, Robert Lee.

Probing the DNA of Death. / Robert Lee Hotz. - Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 80. Family, 1522-3213; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Probing the DNA of Death, Oct. 9, 2002; pp. A1+.

"There is no question who committed the Sept. 11 [2001] attack or why terrorists may have acted as they did; little question now of the 2,797 names of those who died. The only answer authorities still seek--at a cost of $58 million since last fall--is how to settle those names on these unidentified remains. Only half the dead have been identified so far." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article reports how "the search has brought investigators to the edge of what science can discern of death" and that "by necessity, forensic specialists...are virtually reinventing the science of identification.".

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Dead--Identification.
DNA fingerprinting.
Forensic sciences.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Terrorism--United States.
Victims of terrorism.

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