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#1 Oct 20 2006 at 9:22 AM Rating: Good
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..because crap like this makes me angry.
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The area where the remains were found is near the spot where a podium is erected each Sept. 11 for families to read the names of their loved ones. It was roped off after the discovery, and investigators began sifting through the dirt under a white tarp.

Police said there was no evidence of wrongdoing but the investigation was continuing.

WTC Families for Proper Burial said it would hold a news conference Friday “to express our outrage at the continued cavalier attitude toward the retrieval of human remains.”
I understand you experienced a horrible, senseless loss. I know that some of you are honestly grieving, and that some of you really feel the lack of a headstone or some such as a barrier to closure. I feel for you, really.

That said, people died going in there to save your family, you thankless twats. Find something else to ***** about.
#2 Oct 20 2006 at 9:25 AM Rating: Decent
But...that requires people to get over themselves and get life. [:shock:]
#3 Oct 20 2006 at 9:26 AM Rating: Decent
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I feel for these people. Not having proper closure with a proper burial is brutal for some people.

I can see what you're saying though, it has been 5 years, the likelyhood of finding remains is almost nil at this point...it may be time to just let that go, while focusing on the task at hand, securing the borders and keeping it from happening again.
#4 Oct 20 2006 at 9:28 AM Rating: Good
Yeah its getting out of control as I am sure alot of us guessed it would. Remains were stored all over the city in different warehouses, so they could be identified as cataloged. This ONE pile got lost in the shuffle, 1 out of ~4K bodies is not that bad. The rest just went *poof* in the explosion but some people can not accept that.
#5 Oct 20 2006 at 9:44 AM Rating: Good
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I think that a lot of folks get themselves safely into the Anger Station of the Stages of Grief Train and then just decide to hop out and pitch a tent. I couldn't look the widow of a Port Authority cop/NY Firefighter in the face and say that. These people sacrificed so much, and they weren't even the targets.

The only thing that makes me angrier than bad customer service is a total lack of grace. People did the best they could under trying circumstances. They exhausted the scientific ID methods. They're hanging on to them in hopes of future id's. They stop and excavate carefully whenever additional remains are found, and it's not as if they can even assume it was Jane Doe stockbroker. It might have even been one of the many rescue workers that also died at the site.
#6 Oct 20 2006 at 9:52 AM Rating: Default
Yeah I saw this earlier, what a bunch of crap. I wonder if these people realize there are still the bodies of sailors in the Arizona from the Pearl Harbor attacks. Where are all the ******** grandmas n' grandpas?

Actually, don't answer that.

#7 Oct 20 2006 at 10:03 AM Rating: Excellent
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“The fact that they were found in ground zero says there was some major, major shortfall in the recovery effort,” Wolf said. “Where else are we going to find them next?”


You know, brutal as it is to say the words out loud, that's what happens when 3000 people get blown the fUck up.

One of our clients had an office in lower Manhattan in 2001. After they were allowed back into their building to start their own cleanup (windows blown out, etc.), he said that in the offices facing the blast site, there was a brownish film all over everything that stank of decay.

Do the families complaining about the lack of effort involved in finding human remains want the HazMat debris from his office cleanup, I wonder?
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#8 Oct 20 2006 at 10:32 AM Rating: Good
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“The fact that they were found in ground zero says there was some major, major shortfall in the recovery effort,” Wolf said. “Where else are we going to find them next?”


You know, brutal as it is to say the words out loud, that's what happens when 3000 people get blown the fUck up.


I must be over 9/11, too, because this made me laugh harder than anything I've read in quite awhile.
#9 Oct 20 2006 at 10:43 AM Rating: Default
It was awful and unfortunantly we are going to find remains for the next many years. I feel for those families, but what do they expect? I wish none of them would ever have had to go through this, gut we can't undo it. Now we should just be greatful that they found the remains at all and go on with our lives. I'm not saying we should forget about it, but that it should no longer be in the lime light, its time to focus on other things.
#10 Oct 20 2006 at 11:01 AM Rating: Decent
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I ain't over it yet, and I did not lose anyone closer than a friend. However, I have been know to hold grudges and seek revenge for things years ago, so I am not the best example.
#11 Oct 20 2006 at 2:35 PM Rating: Good
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The area where the remains were found is near the spot where a podium is erected each Sept. 11 for families to read the names of their loved ones.


Well christ, this is just a smack in the face of that do-it-yourself american spirit. It was right next to the podium that's set up every year. Maybe next year instead of holding hands and crying they should make it more like an easter egg hunt.

OK little Timmy, go see if you can find Daddy.

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