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Medical examiner talks about the emotional toll of identifying victims of 9/11

NPR | By Max Jungreis,

Jud Esty-Kendall

Published September 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

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Twenty-five years ago, Amy Mundorff was deployed to the World Trade Center after the first plane hit. For StoryCorps, she discusses the physical and mental toll of her work as a medical examiner.