The final stretcher bearing the remains of someone killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center is being taken from the Ground Zero site today.
During a ceremony, the final stretcher is scheduled to be ferried out to symbolise all those victims who were not recovered.
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The Rev. Dr Daniel Paul Matthews leads a service of thanksgiving celebrating the relief ministry at St. Paul's Chapel near ground zero in New York.
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Since recovery operations began, flag-draped stretchers have been carried out of the rubble, each bearing the remains of someone who died on September 11th.
The silent service marking the end of the eight-and-a-half month operation is to begin at 10.29 a.m. (3.29 p.m. Irish time) - the time the second tower collapsed.
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Of the more than 2,800 people killed in the attack, 1,102 have been identified. Nearly 20,000 body parts have been recovered.