Posted on 04/08/2008 9:36:23 AM PDT by Pyro7480
NEW YORK - The city has identified the remains of four more victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, including one man whose DNA was found beneath a service road that was initially paved over, officials said Monday.
Ronald Keith Milstein's remains were found beneath the road that was built to carry cleanup and construction trucks in and out of the World Trade Center site after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the city medical examiner's office said. Milstein of Queens was 54 when he was killed.
More than 400 human bone pieces have been recovered from beneath the road, which has become known as "Haul Road" because of the hauling of debris.
Also identified was Alejandro Castano whose remains were found in the Liberty Street area, the medical examiner's office said.
The 35-year-old from Englewood, N.J., was in the area that day to deliver pens and paper to a brokerage firm on the 97th floor of the south tower, his family told The Record of Hackensack, N.J.
For now, authorities are not releasing the names of the two other victims whose remains were identified. Their families will decide whether to publicly announce the names of the 52-year-old woman identified from remains found in the former Deutsche Bank building and the 59-year-old man identified from remains discovered on Liberty Street.
The search at Haul Road began in October 2006 when utility workers found over 80 bones in a manhole in the service road. Since then, other manholes, a highway and nearby rooftops have been searched. The city identified the first victim from remains found in the road last July.
More than 1,800 of the 21,000 body parts recovered from ground zero have been found in the last two years in and around the trade center site. The remains of more than 40 percent of the 2,749 people killed at the site have yet to be identified.
The city has been using updated technology to try and re-extract DNA to make new identifications.
I still grieve every day.
When I was back on LI a few yeras ago it seemed everyone knew someone who knew someone who was killed that day. There were memorial plaques at many local high schools for fallen alums- I imagine it was the same in the tri-state area. It took 4 months for the authorities to recover our friends remains- really just charred bones and a fragment of his clothing. He left behind a wife and 2 teenaged chidren.
NYC firehouses often have plaques/portraits of the fallen. I always take my hat off when I pass.
I think the name of the landfill where pieces from the WTC were taken should be changed from “Fresh Kills” or whatever it is to something much nicer and lovelier. In fact, they’ve fought over what is going on the site of the WTC while the landfill is left looking so barren and depressing. They need to plant trees and flowers at “Fresh Kills”, change the name to something nicer, put a memorial there and make a nice big park because that’s where the real graveyard is anyway.
It never leaves my mind either. May the families of those found finally experience a little rest in their hearts. While the finds won’t replace the person, it does bring some closure.
I will never forget.
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