NewsNovember 2, 2002

NEW YORK -- The World Trade Center death toll has dropped by two to 2,795 after a New York City woman and a Florida man who had been reported missing were found alive, city officials said Friday. Police located Tina Spicer of Manhattan and Peter Montoulieu of Miami more than a year after they were listed as terrorism victims, and seven weeks after their names were read during the anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center site...

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The World Trade Center death toll has dropped by two to 2,795 after a New York City woman and a Florida man who had been reported missing were found alive, city officials said Friday.

Police located Tina Spicer of Manhattan and Peter Montoulieu of Miami more than a year after they were listed as terrorism victims, and seven weeks after their names were read during the anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center site.

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Montoulieu told The Associated Press on Friday his former wife reported him missing because she thought an Indianapolis convention had taken place in Manhattan. He called police recently after he learned that his name was on the victim list.

Officials did not say how the Spicer error was discovered.

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