911 victims bones used as ballast

[Karl]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Debris that may have contained bits of bone from victims of the World Trade Center attacks was used to fill potholes and pave city roads, according to court papers filed on Friday.

The charge was made in an affidavit filed in Manhattan federal court in an ongoing case filed in 2005 by family members of those killed in the attacks against the city. They say the city did not do enough to search for remains, denying victims a proper burial.

Eric Beck, a construction worker employed at the Fresh Kills landfill in the borough of Staten Island, where the rubble was taken after the Twin Towers fell, said in his affidavit that the process of sifting through the debris was rushed.
Beck said he saw sanitation workers removing small pieces of debris containing possible bone fragments and loading them "onto tractors, and using it to pave roads and fill in potholes, dips and ruts."

Kimberly Miu, a spokeswoman for the city's legal office, declined to comment on the latest filing, saying it would be inappropriate to talk about a pending motion.

The WTC Families for Proper Burial, the group that filed the suit, has also battled the city over how to honor the 2,749 people who died in the attacks on the Twin Towers.
Some relatives of victims have opposed any effort to rebuild on Ground Zero, calling it sacred ground and saying it would disrespect those who perished there.
Construction of the planned memorial and skyscraper has repeatedly been delayed, in part due to concerns expressed by victims' families.

The remains of about 40 percent of the victims were never recovered, and hundreds of bone fragments have been discovered in and around Ground Zero in the last six months, the lawsuit says.

[pirtybirdy]

More dopes filing stupid pointless lawsuits. This is why the justice system is working at a snail's pace. We all turn to dust and are dirt at some time or another. The dirt we use now probably has pieces of people in it. That event was like a big incinerator. They are ashes. These kind of stupid things really annoy me. People really do need to get a real life.

[eefanincan]

I wonder what else they should have done with the debris then, if not use it for this purpose? I rather think they did everything they could to save whatever human remains they could.

[Skylace]

[faceless]

To quote So-Crates (via Bill and Ted) "We're all just dust in the wind man, dust in the wind..."

[IRiSHMaFIA]

I can understand why the families feel badly about this happening but I also agree with you eefan. I think they really went the mile trying to finding everything they could and spent years doing so.

[Gasman59]

This is just creepy, not saying it isn't right, just creepy. I know that pot holes have to be filled with something and such but it just give me a shiver inside. As someone who is deeply into spiritualism, I can't help thinking of 100's of souls not at rest and haunting city streets and such. I know I'm just being weirded out here. If I had a loved one die in that horrible way, I think I would be looking for some type of closure.
That's just me though.....

[vegas]

Isn't oil the remains of living things. I don't see anyone complaining when they fill up at the gas station.