WTC Families File Suit Over Remains At Landfill

Date: October 19, 2004

Source: News Room

Families of victims of the World Trade Center attack are looking to the courts in an attempt to get tons of dust containing human remains removed from the Fresh Kills Landfill on New York's Staten Island. They are seeking a simple cemetery for the 1,200 victims whose remains have never been identified. The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill ordering the local Port Authority to remove the ashes, but it is meaningless without similar legislation in New York. A group of victims' families has filed a notice of claim against New York City, the Department of Sanitation (www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dos), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (www.panynj.gov) and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (www.renewnyc.org).

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