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To: Murrey Walker who wrote (44386)	11/21/2001 2:22:09 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 65232

Number of Missing and Dead in World Trade Center Falls Below 3,900 NEW YORK ? The number of people missing or dead in the Sept. 11 terrorist assault on the World Trade Center has dropped below 3,900, according to the city's official tally. The number, which once neared 7,000, has dropped steadily as police eliminate duplicate names and winnow out people who were initially reported missing but turned out to be safe and sound. Police Chief Charles Campisi, who heads the missing-persons effort, told The Associated Press last month that the number "is in a state of flux and it will continue to be" as detectives pore over the missing persons list. The city's official count stood at 3,899 on Wednesday. Of that total, the city reported that 624 bodies have been identified; another 3,275 names are on its missing person list. The city has not released a list of names for those still missing. Other, persistent indicators show the death toll will continue to fall. City officials acknowledge that the number of families seeking expedited death certificates has lagged behind the number of missing by hundreds. The city streamlined the process of obtaining death certificates without a body so families could receive immediately obtain life insurance and other benefits, process wills, distribute property and access bank accounts. As of Wednesday, the number of death certificates issued without a body stood at 1,893. Independent tallies maintained by news organizations have also fallen well below the city's official toll. An ongoing Associated Press tally of people confirmed dead and those reported dead or missing stood at 2,772 on Wednesday. AP's figure is derived from information provided by the medical examiner, those declared dead by a court, funeral homes, places of worship, death notices, employers, public agencies, families and AP's foreign bureaus. The number of identified dead has risen as forensic pathologists identify more remains. But the number of missing in the attacks has dropped at a faster rate -- by at least 200 over the last weekend -- as duplications and errors continue to be resolved. Throughout the 2 months since the attacks, the number of missing has jumped, sometimes erratically. The overall count peaked at 6,729 on Sept. 24. But six days later, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced that a cross-check of names had eliminated more than 1,000 duplications. The fluctuation was due in part to the flooding of the police database with missing person reports from a dozen sources, including family members, the Red Cross, airlines, employers and law enforcement agencies. In certain cases, Campisi said, people were reported missing by several sources -- sometimes with different name spellings. And early on, Campisi said, foreign consulates accounted for much of the overcount, officials said. foxnews.com