Clarification of Answer by
politicalguru-ga
on
01 Jun 2004 01:19 PDT
Dear Drag0n,
I am sorry if you understood my answer the wrong way - it has not been
intended to cast a moral judgment on you or ayone else (if I had a
moral problem with your question I wouldn't have answered it), just to
refer to the commentator's remark. Site members, such as the first
commentator, are not Researchers. Their comments are not part of the
answer, and it might have been a mistake on my behalf to even refer to
it.
In fact, to the victims families this is no small matter, this is what
is left of their loved ones.
"WTC was being treated like a crime scene by the FBI and all the
evidence had been taken to the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island.
The rubble had been put on four conveyor belts going from large to
small items. Volunteers and professionals went through the rubble to
preserve any evidence found. Tuckett says wallets, identification
cards, jewelry, loose change and photographs were all part of the
items recovered. [...] Over $73,000 of quarters, dimes, nickels and
pennies were found," (SOURCE: Lynette Esposito, "Little Miracles From
The Ashes", SJ Magazine,
<http://www.sjmagazine.com/0211feature4.asp>).
As for the question, what happened to the stuff, I'm afraid that the
answer is that at least some of them are just waiting in keep. On
March of this year, families have not received all of the personal
items recovered from Ground Zero (SEE: "Victims' Families Want
Personal Items Recovered From WTC" ,
<http://voicesofsept11.org/groundzero/archive/2004/032804.php>). So,
many items - those not given to the victims' families yet - are still
in safe-keeping. Apparently, one needs some ID on the item (such as
DNA, dedication, etc.) in order to give them to the families, to
prevent fraud.
The Families' site says:
"Personal Property Update
The Property Clerk Division has been working to return all property
recovered in the aftermath of 9/11. To date, 68% of all property
recovered has been returned. In an effort to return jewelry items
recovered, the Department is establishing a web site, accessible via
password, to be utilized by the families of victims and survivors to
assist in returning jewelry items. There are approximately 1000
pieces of jewelry recovered and stored at the Property Clerk Division.
This project requires Mayoral approval and is anticipated to be
operating by the summer. A beginning and completion date for this
endeavor will be promulgated in the City Administrative Act (CAPA).
FOS11 will provide further information as we receive it. "
(SOURCE: "Personal Property Update"
<http://www.familiesofseptember11.org/families/wire_preview.asp?item_id=56>).
If personal artifacts, much more easy to identify, have not been
restored to their owners, you could imagine that there is no policy
yet regarding the money recovered, unless the owner is already known:
"Police discover Bank of America money" Ananova,
<http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_518730.html?menu=news.latestheadlines>.
I guess that when the owner is Bank of America, they get their lost
artifacts quicker than Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
