Put It Above Ground

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Dear 9/11 Family Member:

Thank you for taking the time to read and consider this request.

I’m working on a story about the remains of the 9/11 hijackers, which are being held by the New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s Office and the FBI.

I understand from the NY Examiner’s office that a 9/11 family member reached out to them in (approximately) 2002 and requested that the remains of the hijackers be identified and separated from the remains of their victims.

I’m hoping to find the person/s who made that request (or a similar request to any of the authorities involved, whether or not it was answered) and also to speak to two or three families–ideally of different religious backgrounds–about their feelings regarding what should happen with the hijacker remains.

If one of the family members of a hijacker requests them, should they be made available?

What are some of the thoughts or emotions related to this question?

If anyone has any other information related to the hijacker remains in any way, that would also be most useful.

I understand this is a sensitive subject and I greatly appreciate input from you.

Warmest Regards,

Eve

Eve Conant
Correspondent
Newsweek Magazine
email: eve.conant@newsweek.com

It’s been a month since the Port Authority laid out it’s “Realistic and Rational” schedule for the rebuilding at Ground Zero.

Wouldn’t it be nice to get an update as to how they are holding to the schedule.

Basic project management would allow for regular updates on schedules, budget, etc.

With the current state of the economy and all the doom and gloom coming from the Governor can’t you just see Ground Zero slipping in priority.

And what about the wall and Mr. Silverstein?

Has that issue been resolved or are we still paying him $300,000 a day in late fees?

Things just do not change.

For seven years there has been no structure or oversight to anything that went on at the site.

Every so often there is a public outcry or some politician or newspaper raises the issue and it becomes news for about a week and then those involved are just left to do whatever they please and spend whatever they want.

It’s the same with the ME’s office who put out reports on identifications whenever they want. Each time a report comes out there is a change in format so you can never tell how many remains were re-tested with the new process that cost millions and was going to produce dramatic results.

It’s the same with Fresh Kills and now they will blame the budget deficit and say they do not have any funds to pursue anything at the landfill in regards to the remains.

And now we are going to extend term limits and will have another four years of the same.

Mark my words when their new terms are up (and if they don’t decide to change the rules again) the site will still not be complete and we will have gone through at least another two or three “Realistic and Rational” schedules.

And why has nothing changed over the past seven years?

The answer is simple.

Ground Zero has become a bureaucrat’s dream.

Agencies have been created staffed by political cronies.

Contracts, grants and loans have been given to the same inner circle with little or no oversight or accountability.

And they continue to plan for hundreds of thousands of feet of office space for which they have no tenants

As Brooks Atkinson once said “The perfect bureaucrat is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility”

Sounds like the people who have been running the show at Ground Zero for the last seven years.

Do you really think they want this gravy train to end?

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9/11 STUDENT PROJECT

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Women of Strength

First Annual Awards & Celebration Luncheon

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Author, Alchemy of Loss
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Founder, The Jeffrey Coombs Memorial
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Creator, Summers End
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Founding Director, Voices of September 11

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Inspiration for and Teacher of Creative Insight

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Honoring women who have done extraordinary things in the wake of

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Every day we hear more news of doom and gloom.More companies going bankrupt as the stock market continues to fall.

And we are definitely in for some tough times ahead as it does not look to get any better anytime soon.

At this point we only really have two options.

We could join the thousands who have already joined the National Pity Party and have basically given up on trying to work their way out of this mess.

The ones who are just sitting back and waiting for the Government to bail them out.

The ones who place the blame on everyone else and don’t feel that they should be called on to work their way out of this.

The ones who believe that our next President is going to really make a difference and that it is not going to cost us anything.

This same pie in the sky thinking is what got us into this situation in the first place.

Or we could actually take a page out of the books of our parents or grandparents (depending on how old you are) who lived through the Depression.

People who actually had to rough it just to make ends meet.

People who worked to get the country back on its feet even during its darkest hour.

Sure there were social programs, but most involved doing something in return.

My father even went to Washington state to work with the Civilian Conservation Corps.

He did anything he needed to do, as did my mother, to get through the tough times.

And they never forgot those days till the day they died.

That experience made them tougher and they were the better for it.

The problem that exists today is compounded by the fact that most of us never experienced those types of hard times.

We have created a political system where the majority of those making the decisions make 10 to 100 times what their constituents do.

Just look at the current election where well over a billion dollars will be spent by the candidates.

To bring this closer to home, over a million and a half dollars will be spent to win the Congressional seat on Staten Island.

Hell it’s not their money, they don’t care.

And you think that is going to change once they get into office? Just look at the current national debt.

So it is left to us.

We need to start thinking like those who lived during the Depression.

And start acting like men and women who want to make a difference and not like spoiled brats who are not much better than those we elect.

“God helps those who help themselves”

Maybe it’s time we did just that.

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THE CUT AND PASTE GENERATION

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THE COLOR OF FREEDOM

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