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With the headlines about the discovery of a piece of 9/11 landing gear wedged between two buildings, the experts dove in for more DNA tests.
I'm curious - do you think this is a good thing? Considering how tight NYC money has been, should we be pegging away at this for all eternity? I understand the unending personal grief of the families, but I don't think that a quarter-teaspoon of dust will change that. Sadly, there are tragedies in life for which there are no definite answers, and no soothing fantasy of closure.
It does seem a little bit ridiculous, although the cost of a single test is pretty small. They hadn't found new debris for years before this piece turned up, though, so I don't think it's likely to be a long-time issue.
No. It's been almost 12 years since 9/11. If the "9/11 families" want to continue to make demands, let them take some of the millions they received and pay for it themselves.
Any possible human remains that are found anywhere in the city are DNA tested, 9/11 related or not. Found human remains are treated as a serious issue everywhere in the civilized world, as they should be.
Any possible human remains that are found anywhere in the city are DNA tested, 9/11 related or not. Found human remains are treated as a serious issue everywhere in the civilized world, as they should be.
That was my understanding too.
Not like there is a special effort currently to find any 911 bodyparts. Is there now in 2013? Not aware of it.
I respond as a niece who had two uncles responding that day that were lucky enough to have survived (and currently suffer the health consequences).
Any possible human remains that are found anywhere in the city are DNA tested, 9/11 related or not. Found human remains are treated as a serious issue everywhere in the civilized world, as they should be.
Interesting, but "found human remains" are one thing, whereas sifting through dust and debris to look for the slim possibility of human remains seems like another issue.
I don't know how much each individual test is supposed to cost, but according to CBS, "tens of millions have been spent on the painstaking identification process." That sounds like more than enough money.
Whether they find more parts or not, the DNA testing process will continue. Remember that there are 12,000 bits and pieces of remains from the WTC already in hand that have not been identified. It was said from the early years that as a result of 9/11 the work being done to find better ways to identify remains will vastly improve DNA testing abilities for the next 20 years, and we're halfway there. Eventually, they will be able to identify more of those 12,000 pieces.
Don't know who is paying for it, specifically, but it's ongoing.
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