More 9/11 human remains found

Sifting of more than 800 cubic yards of debris recovered from where the planes hit and underneath roads around the lower Manhattan site began in April and ended on Friday.

The greatest number of remains – 37 – were found from material underneath West Street.

The new debris was uncovered as construction work made new parts of the site accessible.

A renewed search for human remains began in 2006 and more than 1,800 remains, such as bone fragments, have been found.

Some have been matched to previously unidentified September 11 victims.

More than 2,700 people were killed in the New York attacks when two hijacked airliners were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Centre towers, which subsequently collapsed.

Relatively few intact bodies have been recovered and the process for searching and identifying remains has been lengthy and complex.