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9/11 Remains

The remains have been found. Two people's remains have been found and identified at the ground zero site from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The two people were attending the first plane which hit the North tower. The first person was a 40 year old woman, Karen Ann Martin, who was the head flight attendant on the flight. The second was a 54 year old man, Douglas Joel Stone, who was a passenger on the flight.

These findings brought along surprise and outrage from an array of different people. Many families of the 2,749 victims involved were in shock at why we are still finding people. On Thursday they demanded a group of forensic experts to re-search the area. In two weeks there has been over 200 body parts found. There are yet to be 1,148 people to be identified and the families of those people are requesting a search, one that shows respect and passion.

The mayor of New York City was in a loss of words when it came to explaining why they are just finding remains 5 years later. On October 27 the mayor agreed to have a site cleanup all the way from underground, on top of buildings, and roofs.

Personally, I think that it is horrible that they are just ow finding people in the rubble. I think it is devastating to tell someone 5 years after the incident that they just found their spouse, sister, coworkers, etc. I know that if that was me, I would be outraged also and would try to take action. I think a new in-dept search is very needed right now for this situation. I am guessing that after 5 years people are still extremely sensitive about the situation but also just starting to get over the fact. Getting a call saying that they found the person you lost 5 years ago, today in the rubble by workers would be miserable.

I also think this is very disrespectful and heartbreaking to know that after 5 years we haven't used all more of our time and effort into looking for these people. This was one of the U.S. biggest attacks and it seems as if we don't even have enough gratitude for the victims, to explore and look for them. If we are finding the remains while construction working, and not even searching for them, it just comes to show that they couldn't have been that tough to find.

9/11 Remains

posted by Anonymous @ 11/02/2006 07:51:00 PM