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

NPR | By Jey Born

Published September 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

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.

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