9/11 remains possibly used on roads: court papers

[babylonsister]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070323/ts_nm/sept11_remains_dc

9/11 remains possibly used on roads: court papers

By Edith Honan 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

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.

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[Fresh_Start]

1. yoo-hoo Rudy....about your incredible performance re 9/11

did you or Osama decide to fill potholes with Americans? It sounds like something either one of you could think of.

[soothsayer]

2. that the remains went into 'fresh kills' landfill is... poetic or horrid

or fitting or something.

[CJCRANE]

3. It's another real-life metaphor

for the B*sh administration's callous disregard for the people, just like the mold and rodents at Building 18 (Walter Reed) and the detritus of New Orleans.

[Alexander]

4. Just when I thought Soylent Green would never happen...

:puke: