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Firefighter buried for Jose Guadalupe despite mix up
Two New York firefighters from Engine 54 were misidentified after the World Trade Center attack. Christopher Santora was buried as Jose Guadalupe, based on striking similarities and a distinctive neck vertebrae. DNA confirmed the error. Guadalupe’s body remains missing.
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