3 More Bone Fragments Found at WTC Site

NEW YORK (AP) - Workers found three bone fragments in a second manhole at the World Trade Center site, close to where about 200 bones had already been recovered, officials said Monday.

The bone pieces, 1 to 2 inches long, were recovered Saturday along a service road on the site's western edge, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office. They were the first pieces of remains recovered from the site in more than a week.

Officials have said they are searching 12 manholes and other underground areas along the road that they said were missed during the initial recovery of body parts after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Workers recovered 199 pieces of remains in the first manhole they searched, but found none in another manhole and a utility service box, Borakove said.

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