LOWER MANHATTAN — City workers testing debris found at Ground Zero have identified the remains of a World Trade Center worker killed on 9/11, the medical examiner's office announced Tuesday.
Ernest James, 40, a lifelong New Yorker, was working for Marsh & McLennan in the North Tower, according to the medical examiner's office and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
The city has now identified the remains of 1,629 victims of 9/11, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner said. That leaves 1,121 victims who have not been identified and whose families have not received any remains to bury.
The medical examiner is still working to identify more than 9,000 remains that were collected during recovery operations but have not been matched with any of the victims' DNA or dental records.
Earlier this year, 9/11 family members were outraged to learn that state cuts could imperil the medical examiner's ongoing effort to identify the rest of the remains.
But Mayor Michael Bloomberg allocated an extra $16 million to make up for the state shortfall, ensuring the identification operations would continue.
