WABC - New York, NY
(New York-AP, October 16, 2001) -- Part of the facade from the south tower of the World Trade Center came down today, as the cleanup at ground zero enters its sixth week.
The number of people still listed as missing from last month's terrorist attacks dropped to 4,613. Officials say 456 bodies have been recovered, of which 404 had been identified.
At the request of families, State Supreme Court in Manhattan declared dead another 76 individuals missing in the trade center attack.
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development announced city housing agencies will receive $15 million in emergency assistance to help defer costs incurred after the attacks.
Meanwhile, a request for 250 members of New Jersey's Army National Guard to be activated Tuesday to help provide security at the World Trade Center towers and other restricted areas of lower Manhattan was withdrawn.
Acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco signed the order activating the 2nd Battalion, 102nd Armor, but the request for assistance was later withdrawn.
New York officials decided they had enough staffing with their own units, according to Maj. Gen. Paul J. Glazer, Adjutant General of New Jersey.
New Jersey has more than 1,000 National Guard troops deployed to respond to the Sept. 11 attacks, DiFrancesco said Tuesday at a news conference at the state Emergency Management Center.
(Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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