9/11 Families Upset Over New Remains

American Voices

October 24, 2006 | ISSUE 42•42

Families of the victims of 9/11 are angry as new remains—including wallets, clothing, and bones—were discovered at Ground Zero. What do you think?

C'mon Ann Coulter, lash out against those bone-seeking, personal-effects junkies who dare to call themselves relatives.

Lucielle Maslin
Nurse
So that's where my arm bone is. Man, I have been looking for that for, like, five years.

Harold Kurner
Golf Trainer
People complain that the site was never treated like a proper crime scene— but as a souvenir and memorabilia salesman, let me tell you, it was days before they let us in there.

Joseph Rabnett
Salesman

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