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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
For many families there will never be any remains because their loved ones were incinerated as the Twin Towers burned. Only ashes amidst the rubble. A lot of body parts were flung far and wide and as much care as possible was taken to recover any human remains. As Ground Zero was cleared, little by little, the debris was transported to a landfill in New Jersey called Fresh Kills. Oh, the irony!
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Actually, the Fresh Kills landfill is in New York City, on Staten Island. Very near New Jersey, to be sure, but not in that state. The City of New York has closed the landfill and has been doing the work necessary to convert it to parkland. Actually, the landfill closed in 2001, prior to 9/11, but was temporarily reopened to deal with the debris from the World Trade Center. Most of that World Trade Center debris has since been removed from Fresh Kills and reprocessed or recycled.
The word "kill" refers to the Fresh Kills estuary and has nothing to do with death. There are many bodies of water referred to as "kills" in New York, owing to the period when the Dutch colonized this area. "Kille" is the Dutch word for water channel, so we have Beaver Kill, the Kill Van Kull, the Arthur Kill, etc.
You are certainly correct that body parts were flung far and wide. I expect that there will be periodic discoveries for many years to come. The area of devastation was large, and all the surrounding buildings make a very complex area to search. Was in New York last week and rode into the World Trade Center PATH station (PATH the Port Authority Trans-Hudson underground) for the first time.