Through The Fragments Of 9/11 By Amy Mundorff

In the featured article “Through the fragments of 9/11” written by Megan Boehnke, describes how Amy Mundorff became New York’s first Forensic Anthropologist. However, the story she tells about her journey is not how typically one would think. Mundorff was personally affected by the 9/11 tragedy that happened in New York 2001. It was her job to identify the remains that were left behind. Amy Mundorff is a mother, a wife, and most importantly New York's first forensic anthropologist. Her story pulls at the heart strings as well as shares her point of view of the tragedy that happened in The United States on September 11th, 2001. The Morning of September 11, 2001 Amy Mundorff was in a meeting with her fellow colleagues at the Medical Examiner’s office in New York before she was about to experience one the most traumatic events in her life as well as having to put her own feelings aside and having to identify those who

Mundorff explains how she saw the buildings fall and how she ran towards One World Financial Center across the street when the waves of the debris picked her up and flung her into a wall before piling on top of her”. “She suffered two black eyes, a welt on her forehead, and cracked ribs” as well a respiratory illness that hundreds of other survivors and site workers had developed. Over the next year, Amy Mundorff and her colleagues spent trying their best to identify the remains that were left behind; even the smallest pieces were being tested due to the fact that DNA testing was considered expensive back in 2001 .Mundorff states that “there were about 20,000 human fragments were discovered, and about 5,000 of them were 1nch or smaller. These fragments were specifically being identified through dental records as well as finger prints. “Medical examiners and coroners and other state agencies came to New York to learn about the work Mundorff and her colleagues were