by Lionel Bascom — November 22nd, 2006 — 1 comment
Recovery of remains at Ground Zero once again has slipped from the headlines and the consciousness of authorities who are celebrating pouring of the foundation of the Freedom Tower which most definitely will obscure future recovery efforts.
Yes, its been more than five years since the worse disaster on American soil hurled this nation into despair, war in two countries with the promise of at least a third front if we don’t keep a shaper eye on that bunch in the White House.
“Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials are seeking to distance themselves from New York City’s “exploratory excavations” for human remains into the World Trade Center’s service road that parallels West Street,” say the folks at a blog called Take Back the Memorial “Sources indicate PA officials believe a significant amount of debris, containing human remains from the 9/11 attacks, will likely be discovered when work to reinforce the slurry wall beneath the road begins in earnest. While a full excavation can be worked around now, construction might be halted if such finds occur at that critical juncture. Yet Mayor Bloomberg agreed to the Department of Design and Construction’s recommendations to only dig test holes (the DDC was in charge of initial recovery efforts and, in March 2002, it had the service road filled and paved over).’
In a statement, the PA says “The city’s led efforts in terms of recovery at the site we consider to be paramount, so any adjustments we’ve had to make to construction we have made them, and we will continue to make them and we will always continue to make them,” said Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia. “To date they have not had a material impact on the construction schedule.”
Lets just wait and see.
Oh yes, there should definitely be some “waiting and seeking.” Americans have slipped into a hurried state of being in which those of a conscientious mindset have been viewed as peculiar. However, it is not eccentric to desire a diligent force to complete the job of searching for the remains of law abiding citizenry who perished at the hands of insane religious fanatics at and near Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.
On this day of Thanksgiving, when Americans celebrate a feast of amity, how wonderful it would be if the living citizenry would consider slowing down their pace to reconsider some tasks at hand:
1. to remember those who lost their lives to this ignorant, brutal force.
2. to build a Freedom Tower with an intention of illustrating how this country respects human life.
Jeanne · November 23rd, 2006 at 12:24 am