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Possible 9/11 remains found in landfill

Searchers said they found five objects Thursday deemed possible remains of Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack victims in a former New York landfill.

The find follows the unearthing Wednesday of 20 other objects that could be human remains in what was once the Fresh Kills landfill on New York's Staten Island.

Forensic anthropologists will determine if DNA tests on the potential remains, found in debris excavated around Ground Zero, are warranted, officials said.

Officials hope to turn up traces of some of the 797 of the 2,752 victims of the terrorist attacks whose remains never were found.

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