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Charles Sidney Hirsch (March 30, 1937 – April 8, 2016) was an American forensic pathologist who served as the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City from 1989 until 2013. He oversaw the identification of victims from the World Trade Center attacks in 2001.
Apr 11, 2016 · Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, the long-serving former New York City chief medical examiner who vowed to identify every victim of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center died on Friday, the city...
Apr 11, 2016 · Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, the New York City chief medical examiner who raced to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and returned to the morgue with every rib broken to face the monumental...
Feb 6, 2013 · Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, who had served since 1989, developed the nation’s largest DNA laboratory to help identify the victims of the Sept. 11 attack.
- Dan Barry
Jun 2, 2016 · Widely regarded as a leading forensic pathologist, he had served as chief medical examiner of New York City since 1989 and was head of forensic medicine at New York University School of Medicine. He once said that his job as New York’s chief medical examiner was to translate “messages from the dead.”
- Ned Stafford
- 2016
Apr 15, 2016 · Dr Charles Hirsch, who has died aged 79, was New York City’s chief medical examiner and the man in charge of the forensic operation that followed the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in ...
Over the weekend, news spread quickly about the death of Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, 79, who served as New York City’s chief medical examiner from 1989 until his retirement in 2013. A consummate professional and public servant, Hirsch navigated thousands of bereaved family members through the awful, bewildering aftermath of 9/11.
