Tag: victims
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NYC Medical Examiner’s staff are still identifying 9/11 victims’ remains – and giving answers to loved ones
Ellen Niven first thought something had happened to her son when two police officers came to her door as she was decorating the family’s Christmas tree. Instead, the officers delivered shocking news about her late husband: his remains had finally been identified, more than two decades after he vanished during the 9/11 terror attack on…
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NYC medical examiner still identifying 9/11 victims’ remains | 60 Minutes
It seems hard to remember when America was united. But, recently, we were reminded of such a time–the morning of September 11th, 2001—when all Americans pledged to persevere, together. Nearly a quarter century ago, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner made a promise to identify the remains of the lost souls…
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“Portrait of a person who’s not there”: Documenting the bedrooms of school shooting victims
“Portrait of a person who’s not there”: Documenting the bedrooms of school shooting victims – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the past six years, the parents of school shooting victims opened their doors to CBS News’ Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, inviting them to see what it’s like to live alongside their children’s…
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Spain sends research vessel to scan seafloor for Valencia victims as flash floods hit different region
Barcelona — A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new job: Helping in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s deadly floods. As the dire work continued in the eastern province of Valencia to find the victims of the disaster…
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Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers ask judge to ban death penalty in Idaho murders case; victim’s mother says “he deserves to die”
Attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table Thursday, arguing that international, federal and state law all make it inappropriate for the case. But a victim’s mother who attended the hearing said the suspect “deserves to die.”…
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New DNA evidence at Pompeii reveals surprises about identities of Vesuvius eruption victims
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die. But new DNA evidence suggests things were…
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Possible shooting with several victims in downtown Orlando
Dozens of police officers have responded to reports of a shooting with several victims in downtown Orlando, the CBS affiliate in the Florida city, WKMG-TV reports. The station cites police as saying an emergency call came into dispatchers just after 1 a.m. Friday indicating several people had been shot. In a post on X early…