9/11 Families Seek Burial Spot Other Than Fresh Kills Landfill

Date: October 12, 2005

Source: News Room

A battle between New York City and the families of hundreds of World Trade Center 9/11 victims over the final resting place of the victims' remains has moved to court. The families do not want the remains buried at the Fresh Kills Landfill, where ash from the site was taken after the attacks. The city says all identifiable remains were removed from Fresh Kills, but about half of the victims were unrecovered. The families want the ash removed, but city officials have said the cost of recovering and relocating more than one million tons of fine dust could be prohibitive.

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