by Lionel Bascom — May 6th, 2007 — 1 comment
Workers have again found remains at Ground Zero.
News agencies are reporting that the remains of six World Trade Center victims were found last week by workers at the site. They recovered four body parts under a service road and two other parts were found on the roof of a Cedar Street building near Ground Zero. Since the effort to search the World Trade Center for human remains was renewed in October, more then 600 bones and fragments have been found in and around the site, yet nearly 1,100 victims of the terror attack have yet to be identified.
What is tasteless, criminal in fact, about this is the fact Ground Zero is still a crime scene that has not been thoroughly investigated. When I covered alley shootings in Brooklyn or the Bronx, you didn’t let fools go mucking around inside or around the perimiter of a crime scene. It was just bad police work. There is something terribly out of place here and it is that 800 pound guerilla no one in charge seems willing to talk about – not halting construction until a substantial number of the 9/11 victims have been identified is insane.
The decision to go forward with construction without finishing the job is the greater crime of fools. They are we!
I’m not all that interested in celebrating the decisions fools have made …
12:43 AM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, America at War, Neighbourhood, Politics
So true. There is a dichotomy of spirit here as the beauty within the thought processes of building these new, high tech, environmentally sound structures moves forward while the ugliness of the victims’remains still lying in the corners of the streets infests the consciousness of this fine city. I would love to have hope that this new area could be a visual, living expression of the beauty within humankind’s creativity and intellect.
Consider this. 1,100 people sit in a concert, sitting with their finest apparel, speaking intelligently to one another about families, friends, business deals. It’s a beautiful sight: so much energy, hope, laughter.
Now, those same people instantly disappear, murdered by the hands of ruthless, ignorant fools. Their remains lie among the dust and filth of the city, lost.
A dichotomy of spirit. Which one will prevail as this project approaches fruition? My hope is this: that the spirits of the forgotten and deserted will now forgive and provide an energy that illuminates and elucidates with righteousness.
Jeanne · May 6th, 2007 at 7:18 am