"As a company, we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry."
Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse filed a defamation lawsuit against pageant organizers after the Miss USA organization stripped her of her title earlier this month.
Panettiere died on Aug. 16 at age 36.
New York City's medical examiner used a breakthrough test to identify the 1,651st World Trade Center victim.
School placements for Archie and Lilibet were among factors in the timing.