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City's Still Looking for WTC Remains
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Sabrina Jaszi
Published Feb 1, 2010
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Bowing to victims' families, the city has agreed to one last ditch effort to find human remains from the 9/11 attacks. Six to seven truckloads of debris from the World Trade Center will be shipped to Staten Island's Fresh Kills facility for hand sifting, to begin in April, reported the Real-Time News. “Anthropologists and other trained professionals will carefully evaluate and search the estimated 844 cubic yards of material gathered since December 2007 for any potential remains,” said the office of the chief medical examiner in a memo. “Any potential remains recovered will proceed to OCME laboratories for further testing.” It's estimated that the operation will cost $1.4 million and provide the equivalent amount of closure.
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