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Dharam Shourie in New York
Two Indians have been confirmed dead with 91 missing and another 120 unaccounted for following terrorist strikes on the twin towers of World Trade Centre, even as the number of those reported dead and missing has gone up to 6,574.
Another 77 Indians were being treated in hospitals in New York and adjoining states, according to the Indian Consulate.
The second Indian confirmed dead on Thursday was Joseph Mathai, while authorities had earlier reported the death of Jupiter Yamben, manager of Window on the World restaurant, which was located on the 102nd storey of 110-storey World Trade Centre.
Along with Yamben, about 30 Bangladeshi workers also perished when a plane commandeered by terrorists slammed into the building just as they were beginning their day's work. All were reported to be in the kitchen of the restaurant chalking out the menu when the tragedy struck.
About 250 Indians working in the World Trade Centre were found safe, the Indian Consulate said.
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said that 6,574 people had now been confirmed dead and missing. He also confirmed that 91 Indians were among those missing from 63 countries.
Britain suffered the most in terms of people from other nations killed and 250 of its nationals were missing.
Also missing are 120-150 Germans, 35-50 Canadians and 24 Japanese, the mayor said.
"That number may go up or down depending on our checking it against possible duplication from other sources," Giuliani said.
"We may have gotten reports of missing people from business, we might have gotten it individually from their families... We haven't had a chance to completely go through that number," he said.
Giuliani held out little hope for any survivor being found even though rescue workers were refusing to give up.
The mayor said they would continue to look for survivors even though chances of finding anyone is slim.
Only five survivors were found a day after the attack and since then all efforts by rescue workers have failed to find anyone alive despite use of dogs to locate persons trapped in the rubble.
Most of the bodies are burnt and officials say they are finding several body parts. Identification of the bodies would be very difficult and the authorities are asking families to bring personal belongings like toothbrushes to enable them identify the dead through DNA tests.
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