Epidemiology. DNA identifications after the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.
The attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 challenged current approaches to forensic DNA typing methods. The large number of victims and the extreme thermal and physical conditions of the site necessitated special approaches to the DNA-based identification. Because of these and many additional challenges, new procedures were created or modified from routine forensic protocols. This effort facilitated the identification of 1594 of the 2749 victims. In this Policy Forum, the authors, who were were members of the World Trade Center Kinship and Data Analysis Panel, review the lessons of the attack response from the perspective of DNA forensic identification and suggest policies and procedures for future mass disasters or large-scale terrorist attacks.
Biesecker
Leslie G
LG
Bailey-Wilson
Joan E
JE
Ballantyne
Jack
J
Baum
Howard
H
Bieber
Frederick R
FR
Brenner
Charles
C
Budowle
Bruce
B
Butler
John M
JM
Carmody
George
G
Conneally
P Michael
PM
Duceman
Barry
B
Eisenberg
Arthur
A
Forman
Lisa
L
Kidd
Kenneth K
KK
Leclair
Benoit
B
Niezgoda
Steven
S
Parsons
Thomas J
TJ
Pugh
Elizabeth
E
Shaler
Robert
R
Sherry
Stephen T
ST
Sozer
Amanda
A
Walsh
Anne
A
D004247:DNA; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004189:Disaster Planning; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014481:United States
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA