by Lionel Bascom — October 21st, 2006 — 1 comment
The unrest and ire of family members who were recently informed by the New York State Medical Examiner’s Office that the search for remains of their loved ones had ended, was ignited again last week by the news that workers had found more human remains.
The nephew of a woman who died when the Twin Towers collapsed five years ago told us recently that his family was unsettled by the ME’s decision to stop sifting through WTC rubble carted off to the Fresh Kills landfill.
All that changed when workers found several human bones in a manhole at Ground Zero. New York city officials immediately responded to the discovery by saying workers would scour Ground Zero for more remains.
Relatives are now asking for federal intervention and a broad-based probe into the five year search for the remains of WTC victims.
The discovery is a dramatic turn of events in the neverending saga that began with the terrorist attacks. As painful as all of this has been for the families, it is equally difficult for all Americans because closure just seems to be an impossible dream that never comes true.
7:43 PM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, The Attack, Related Stories, We Will Never Forget, Terrorist Threat, Freedom Tower News
There will never be closure to this horrific event, and thank goodness for that. We need to keep the tragedy of 9/11 in our minds and hearts in order to maintain vigilance and to remember that thousands of Americans, like those whose bones were recently found, were simply living out their dreams, only to have those dreams obliterated by the ruthless acts of a few ignorant terrorists.
Hopefully, the Freedom Tower will provide an abiding image to reveal the magnitude of this national heartache.
Jeanne · October 22nd, 2006 at 6:57 pm