New York City
Utility workers digging near the World Trade Center last week discovered more than 100 human bone fragments, presumably from victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. The remains, including large fragments of leg and arm bones, were found by electrical workers under a damaged manhole cover and in 11 other underground locations. The Medical Examiner’s Office is trying to identify them using DNA tests. Families of 9/11 victims immediately demanded that work around ground zero be halted until it could be searched thoroughly. “This is bringing up all the gnawing, gut-wrenching stuff,” said Charles Wolf, whose wife died on 9/11. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg said construction of the new Freedom Tower would continue. Up to now, the remains of 1,150 of the 2,749 people killed when the towers collapsed have not been found or identified.
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