Gothamist: Continued Protest Over City's WTC Remains Search

anonymass

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:07:52 -0500

This may sound crass but they should stop looking and stop reporting this stuff when they find it. If I had a relative perish, the absolute last thing I would want to hear is "we found a body part." It's gruesome, sensationalistic, and honestly I can't see it as anything other than a disservice to the relatives and to the city as a whole. I'm speaking personally of course, but I really have a hard time understand what someone is supposed to do with that kind of knowledge. Do you have a second burial? Really - what?

kbear

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:27:40 -0500

amen MT!

IlseM

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:40:13 -0500

I thought they should forget about it too until the large body parts turned up. If nothing is done and they find another cache of body parts in six months this will start all over again. Do it now and do it right.

irack boy

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:26:22 -0500

what do you want, a medal? todd?

home improvement

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:23:44 -0500

What happened to getting things done the right way, the first time?

Todd

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:19:32 -0500

How would I feel if they kept finding body parts of my relatives? I wouldn't feel anything. I would have moved on. How do I know? Because the body parts of one of my relatives is scattered somewhere in Iraq. Get over yourselves.

Jessie

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:19:19 -0500

I agree with MT and anonymass: Everyone needs to move on. These people died 5 years ago, and while I feel for those who lost loved ones, it is important for them to carry on and come to peace with their loss. The Memorial needs to be built, and if they unearth more bodies in the process then by all means, have those identified. But keep things moving forward, the last thing we need right now is another stymied search process that will hold up contruction for another 2 years.

S.D.

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:10:22 -0500

Seems to me their just exercising their 1st amendment rights... IMO, a more thorough search should be done as they obviously missed Peoples remains. What's the harm in it?

Chrissy

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:03:23 -0500

MT - The recent search for Trade Center victims has un-earthed legs, arms, torsos and heads. So your description of the search for "microscopic particles" is stupid. Some of the body parts have not fully decomposed because they have been insulated in manholes. So again, these are not "particles" Also, I don't know if this qualifies as the "political correctness" you were talking about, but you are an asshole.

get ir done

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:59:35 -0500

Get this done right NOW. How would you feel if every few years they find a piece of your relative? What does "PC" have to do with body parts? What does the Mayor have to hide? oh, I know his nuts, he has none.

anonymass

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:49:06 -0500

A close friend of mine is a relative of one of the people whose names were just released after DNA testing. Still, I don't think that this discovery is helping her to cope better, just as not having those remains didn't prevent her from mourning properly years ago.

MT

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:46:25 -0500

Can anyone say 'enough already?' While I sympathize with the families, they are asking an impossible task. What? Are they going to be asking for the search fro microscopic particles next? How far will this go? It's time to start building something there already. Bloomberg needs to put his foot down on these people. The time for political correctness and sensitivity is long since over.