The daughter of a 9/11 victim whose remains were identified just days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks says it took her 'years' to believe that she was killed.
Dorothy Morgan, 47, who worked as an insurance adjuster for Marsh & McLennan in the North Tower at the World Trade Center and whose remains were recovered in 2001, was one of two victims to be identified this week through DNA testing.
The second victim's identity is being withheld at the request of his family. His remains were recovered in 2001, 2002, and 2006. Another 1,108 victims have still not been identified.
On Thursday night, Morgan's daughter, Nykiah Morgan, told Anderson Cooper 360 said it has been an 'emotional rollercoaster' and it has taken her years to come to terms with her mother's death.
'First you have somewhat of a calm and then you get news like this, and then it's all over again. You're in shock.
'When it was happening, I didn't want to believe it,' she said.
Morgan said that she did not initially want to believe that her mother died from the attacks and constructed the idea that she had been treated at hospital and that she had been released with amnesia.
'My mom was out there. She was out there. Maybe had amnesia. And then was released from the hospital. I had a whole story in my head. And she was out there living. Happy.'
Nykiah Morgan, the daughter of 9/11 victim Dorothy Morgan, interviewed with CNN host Anderson Cooper about her mother
The body of Dorothy Morgan was one of two recently identified victims that were discovered through DNA testing
The remains of two more 9/11 victims have now been identified.
"It has been an emotional roller coaster," says the daughter of a woman killed that day. "First you have somewhat of a calm and then you get news like this, and then it's all over again. You're in shock." pic.twitter.com/O8pNseoR92
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'It has been an emotional rollercoaster. First you have somewhat of a calm and then you get news like this, and then it's all over again.
'You're in shock. You're crying. It's just all over the place. All over the place. When it was happening, I didn't want to believe it,' she said.
She also claims she never felt a real connection to the 9/11 attacks and had never even been to the memorial sites over the course of the past 20 years.
'September 11th on my calendar did not exist,' she said. 'It was September 10th, September 12th.
'On the 11th, I did nothing. If it was a work day, I stayed home. I didn't answer the phone. Didn't watch television at all. Nothing.
'September 11th did not exist for me for many years.'
The DNA testing is still attempting to find the bodies of 1,108 9/11 victims who still remain unidentified
Nykiah claims that the September 11th 'did not exist' for her as she remained in denial over her mother's death
Dorothy Morgan worked as a broker for Marsh & McLellan in the World Trade Center
But this week, Morgan's fears were solidified after her son called her to tell her that detectives were at the door with news about her mother.
'I couldn't imagine what they would have been at my house for. And to speak about my mother,' she said.
'My mother was beautiful. I always have my memory that pops into my head and
