Fitzgerald, 26, had just started working at the foreign currency exchange desk at Fiduciary Trust in the South Tower and was living on his own in Manhattan for the first time. Keating, 72, a grandmother, was aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which struck the North Tower. The third victim’s details have been withheld to honor her family’s wishes.

According to officials, Fitzgerald’s remains were recovered in 2002, while Keating’s and the unnamed woman’s remains were recovered in 2001. Each identification was made possible by continued family outreach and breakthroughs in forensic DNA testing — part of an ongoing effort to identify the approximately 1,100 victims who remain unidentified.

“The pain of losing a loved one in the September 11th terror attacks echoes across the decades,” said