Another Sept. 11 victim is identified, while 35 new bone fragments are found

DNA experts identified another New York City victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and the city medical examiner's office announced the discovery of 35 new bone fragments in an area near ground zero.

The latest victim to be identified, Edward Ryan, was a 42-year-old vice president of Carr Futures with an office on the 92nd floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center.

His remains were found while sifting materials from a ramp once used to get to ground zero, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner. The ramp was dismantled several months ago as construction at the site progresses.

Ryan died along with 68 co-workers after apparently being trapped by debris that clogged stairwells in the burning tower that was hit by the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11.

The medical examiner's office is working with the Bode Technology Group, a DNA testing laboratory that has patented a new methodology of DNA extraction that enables the creation of a DNA profile from much less sample material than was required just five years ago.

Of the 2,750 people who died at the World Trade Center, the remains of more than 1,100 have yet to be found.

More than 20,000 human fragments recovered around the site have been entered into a database of DNA profiles of the victims.

On Tuesday, 35 "potential" human remains were recovered, said Borakove, explaining that the term "potential" is used until DNA experts verify the exact nature of the remains.