 Somukuru weNew York City Medical Examiners Office, Hirsch navamubetseri vatanhatu vakaenda kunovaka imba yokuchengetera zvitunha yechinguvana nokuda kwavanyajambwa vokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11, 2001,kuWorld Trade Center. Apo Shongwe yokuchamhembe yakakoromoka, nhengo mbiri dzechikwata dzakakuvadzwa zvakakomba uye Hirsch akakandirwa pasi uye akakuvadzwa pamusoro pechikamu chikuru chomuviri wake, uye akasiyiwa akafukidzwa neguruva pamusoro pomuviri wake wose. Achidurura kongiri yakapwanyika muhomwe dzake zuva iroro, Hirsch akaziva kuti vakawanda vevakaurayiwa vangadai vakatambura mugumo wakafanana ndokuitwa guruva. Hofisi yoMutungamiriri Wezvokurapa Yokuongorora Vanhu yave ichitarisira kuzivikanwa kwezvikamu zvomuviri 20 000 zvakawanikwa panzvimbo yacho, uye yakashandisa DNA nedzimwe nzira dzokurapa kuti vazivise vanhu vacho uye kuti vazivise mhuri dzavo. 