NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The city medical examiner's officer, scrambling to get an updated list of names of those missing in the terrorist attacks ready for a World Trade Center ceremony, Friday reported the number of missing is at 2,801.
"The reduction from 2,823 includes deletions due to fraud, people found alive and duplications reported by the New York Police Department," said Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman.
According to the medical examiner's office, 1,389 have so far been confirmed dead by identification of remains. This total includes some of the 1,344 declared dead by the courts because some of these were subsequently identified from remains, according to Borakove.
The 2,801 figure includes the passengers from both airliners, but not the 10 hijackers.
For almost one year, the NYPD has investigated a list of about 6,700 possible victims of the hijacked airliners crashing into the World Trade Center and the subsequent collapse of the Twin Towers.
The initial list was based on relatives reporting people missing. However, many of the names were from overseas and some names were difficult to verify.
In addition, some people's names were reported by mistake or reported fraudulently. Recently two victims thought to be missing showed up alive -- one in a psychiatric hospital and another with amnesia.
According to Borakove, there will most likely be future revisions as remains are identified or the investigation discovers additional mistakes.
Each of the 2,801 names will be read at a ceremony on Sept. 11 at Ground Zero.
At 8:45 a.m. there will be a citywide moment of silence, to mark when the first airliner crashed in the north tower.
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will begin the reading of the names of the World Trade Center victims. Family members of the victims as well as some government officials will complete the reading of the names.
At 10:29 a.m. there will be another moment of silence to mark the moment when the second tower collapsed, followed by a statewide tolling of bells.
