More WTC remains are found
While New York City’s spin still eludes them
Deputy Mayor Edward Skyler said yestersay:
“Every building has been searched…I think what the issue is in the level of detail.” He said some buildings had been only visually inspected, yet at others the city had “a forensic pathologist sift through every single piece.”
An inspection is cursory visual look and not a search. Mr. Skyler knows the difference:
The city has determined that 12 utility sites along West St. need to be inspected. Five of the sites had been opened as of yesterday. Some of the remaining utility holes would need to be excavated, Skyler said.
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Skyler said the administration is working with experts to identify other sites for further inspection, including Fiterman Hall and 130 Cedar St., which the Daily News reported yesterday had not been thoroughly searched.
I am not demeaning the valiant efforts of thousands of workers who previously climbed the Pile, passed those buckets, sifted, and struggled mightily. 20,000 remains were found. Words alone can never repay them for all they did. They brought so many out to us yet:
1,150 are still missing
Two huge buildings were never searched.
114 more bones were found these past few days.
Searchers are now, “[re]looking in the vicinity of the south tower.”
New York City officials are searching for an excuse:
Skyler said the administration hasn’t looked into the cause of the five-year delay into searching the service boxes and manholes, which were used to feed electricity into buildings from underground. “Those are great questions and they deserve to be answered,” he said. “But for now our focus is on finding remains that are recoverable.”
“Great questions” the city will find the right spin for while denying the obvious:
The Fiterman Hall building, Mr. Skyler.
The Deutsches Bank building, Mr. Skyler.
The manholes near West Street, Mr. Skyler.
Fresh Kills, Mr. Skyler.
And what about this, Mr. Skyler?
The city is stubbornly refusing to bring in military professionals to comb the World Trade Center site for remains, angry 9/11 family members charged, as 18 more human bones were found at Ground Zero yesterday.
The highly specialized Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command searches for soldiers, not bone fragments, the city claims in a memo to family members obtained by The Post.
The Oct. 21 memo - sent from the city’s Community Assistance Unit, the liaison between Mayor Bloomberg and the families - says the Defense Department specialists are not qualified to search for remains.
“We have two former members of that command on the staff of the Medical Examiner’s Office who have advised us that the command’s expertise is searching for missing soldiers, not bone fragments,” wrote the assistant unit’s boss, Patrick Brennan.
“We have the best possible people working through the weekend on this effort, many of whom worked at the site and Fresh Kills after 9/11. It is being done with the greatest care and respect.”
But the [JPAC] command’s Web site says, “Every inch of soil that comes out of [a] site is screened for any potential remains, any life support equipment, or personal effects.”
Keep searching for the right words. Sally Regenhard and Diane Horning are the not the only angry ones as you will soon discover. At least you will find that much at Ground Zero, Mr. Skyler.
Perhaps you will even stumble across Mayor Bloomberg along the way. We doubt it but keeping looking just the same.
Also see this. Hat tip to Michelle Malkin.