by Lionel Bascom — April 27th, 2007 — 3 comments
This story is really in a realm for my colleague the Hun who has faithfully read this blog and comments nightly on my blitherings.
So, for the record Jeanne, there are some restless souls at Ground Zero who may soon be laid to rest.
It has been reported that new technology has yielded usable DNA from hundreds of bone fragments from Ground Zero. This may mean there may soon be positive identifications of the remains of 9/11 victims. The New York medical examiner’s office said yesterday that 937 samples sent to Bode Technologies in Virginia have yielded “usable DNA profiles.” Bode is a private lab that has patented a new method for extracting DNA.
Of the 2,749 people killed when the World Trade Center fell, 1,146 victims have no identified remains. Most of the newly identified remains - 842 - have been linked to previously identified remains.
But the remaining 95 samples have helped the medical examiner make eight new identifications, including two announced yesterday. The families have not made the names public.
11:54 PM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Politics
I posted this last night, signed it “Jeanne the Hun,” but it wouldn’t post with that name, so here it is with my usual signature:
The innovative process of remains identification must bring some consolation to the families of these murdered victims. However, this does not mean that the souls of these victims necessarily rest in peace.
Nearly 3,000 souls had their physical lives taken abruptly from this planet. How wonderful it would be if these souls were to rest in peace, but I have my doubts about that.
Meanwhile, a beautiful memorial will be erected on this hallowed ground where these lives ended so violently. Those of us with heavy, living hearts have a responsibility to make this venture into one of enlightenment, resonating along with the parched dynamism of these deceased ones.
Jeanne · April 28th, 2007 at 5:52 am
Parched dynamism and enlightenment sounds like redmeption for those of us who embrace the opportunity?
Lionel Bascom · April 28th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I’m not sure whether it would be redemption or simply an acknowledgment of the horror that took place on that day, and a way for us, the living, to attach a beneficial significance to it.
In other words, we need to realize that we are only here for a short while, and while we are here, we need to do our best to help each other discover the best in every situation. This necessity to learn then becomes a motivating force of possibility and perseverance.
Those, who have died before us, and that includes my parents, still live on through their descendents. By offering the future that which we have learned from them, we quench their spiritual thirst. In the case of the 9/11 victims, our lessons continue to unfold.
~ Jeanne the Hun (There! I got it in!)
Jeanne · April 28th, 2007 at 11:45 am