Timeline for missing persons following the September 11, 2001 attacks
From September 11 Memories
Timelines of Missing Persons related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Timeline of official missing, recovered, and identified victims
Date missing recovered identified
Sept. 15 4972 over 150 92
Sept. 16
Sept. 17 5422 201 135
Sept. 18 218 152
Sept. 19
Sept. 20 6333*
Sept. 21
Sept. 22
Sept. 23 6453 261 194
Sept. 24 276 206
Sept. 25 279 209
Sept. 26 6347 300 232
Sept. 27 5960 305 238
Sept. 28 306
Sept. 29 5641 309 248
Sept. 30 5657 314 255
Oct. 1 5219 344 289
Oct. 2 363 301
Oct. 3 4986** 369 310
Oct. 4 380 321
Oct. 5 4979
Oct. 6 393 335
Oct. 7 353
Oct. 11 4815
Oct. 19 4515
Oct. 23 4339 425
Nov. 21 3275
* Missing persons from overseas arrived.
** Duplicate entries on the lists compiled by police and
the city family center were removed.
In late November New York City began a revised count, in which they distinguished the missing and dead as: death certificates issued by the medical examiner's office (ME), corresponding to recovered and identified bodies; death certificates issued through the courts (courts); and other reported missing (missing).
Date total missing courts ME Nov. 23 3646 1383 1820 443 Aug. 19 2819 90 1671 1058 Aug. 27 2812 83
Later tallies (from New York Times)
Date total Mar 2002 2830 May 2002 2823
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Timeline of Associated Press tally
The Associated Press assembled its tally from various sources, including those confirmed dead by a coroner or declared dead by a court; those reported dead by employers, airlines, or families, or who had memorial services; and those reported missing by employers or families.
Total Confirmed Reported dead Reported missing
Oct. 23 2,553 1,377 329 847
