9/11 Families

Interesting find. More interesting is the fact that this author felt compelled to "explain" why the ends of the steel 'appeared to be burned at one end.' It will be extremely important to have this steel made immediately available for forensic testing--unfortunately, the article states these beams "will be put into storage at a hangar at Kennedy International Airport... The hangar stores all sorts of artifacts from the trade center, including what was believed to be the last column removed from the site in May 2002." To date, we know of no testing by independent authorities of any of the artifacts stored in that hangar. Furthermore, the fact that "nearly 300 bones have been yielded in the past three months" is simply appalling. For five long years the victims' families groups, such as WTC Families for Proper Burial, have had to fight to have their family members' remains searched for and removed from Fresh Kills landfill for proper burial, and now more are being found in the vicinity of the towers, as well. As Diane Horning, whose son Matthew, 24, died in the North Tower, where he worked for the insurance company Marsh and McLennan, said in 2004, "We were promised the remains - any and all remains of the victims - and now we discover that my lost son is to spend eternity in a rubbish dump. This is morally reprehensible and emotionally unacceptable, and we are going to fight it all the way." (Telegraph.co.uk). This is ridiculously unacceptable, especially from a government that reminds us of 9/11 every time it demands more money for war or attempts to justify its vast array of civil liberties infringements, torture, and other illegal activities. It seems obvious to this writer that the interests of 9/11 victims' family members is last in the list of priorities for this government and the press. We must continue to demand truth and accountability for the events of 9/11/01, so that these families, and the nation as a whole, can find closure for our losses and know that justice has finally been served.