[GovernmentShrinker]

The personal items belonged to people who were a LONG way from the impact floors, including many people who were in the multi-level underground shopping and parking areas, and others who were already outside the buildings after evacuating when the towers fell -- in other words, a good 80 stories away from the impact. None of that stuff came from the impact floors. Maybe some diamond jewelry could have survived from the impact floors, but even that would have been heavily encrusted with residue from the fire when found.

[B4Ranch]

Were you thinking the CVR-FDR's were in the cockpit?

One of these, the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), records radio transmissions and sounds in the cockpit, such as the pilot's voices and engine noises. The other, the Flight Data Recorder (FDR), monitors parameters such as altitude, airspeed and heading. The older analog units use one-quarter inch magnetic tape as a storage medium and the newer ones use digital technology and memory chips. Both recorders are installed in the most crash survivable part of the aircraft, usually the tail section.

For more information see http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/CVR_FDR.htm

I don't recall reading anything about the CVR-FDR being bright and shiny like this new one.