9/11 Victims’ Remains Disposed of in Landfill, Mortuary Report Finds

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WASHINGTON—The mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware disposed of some body parts of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by burning them and dumping the ashes in a landfill, an independent panel said in a report released on Tuesday.

The method of disposal of the Sept. 11 remains, which has not been previously disclosed, was limited to what the report said were “several portions of remains” that could not be identified from the Pentagon attack and the crash site in Shanksville, Pa. The report said the remains were cremated and placed in containers provided to a biomedical waste disposal contractor, who then incinerated them and put them in the landfill.

“We don’t think it should have happened,” John Abizaid, the retired general who led the panel, told reporters as he discussed the findings at the Pentagon.

The practice was also used for some unidentified remains of the nation’s war dead, a fact first disclosed late last year. The practice has since been stopped and the ashes are now put in urns and buried at sea.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/us/panel-recommends-more-oversight-and-training-at-dover-mortuary.html?pagewanted=print

[MADem]

1. Talk about an unnecessary fuckup.

They really should have, after cremating the unidentifiable remains, done a burial at sea.

It would have been more respectful and solved the problem.

[joeybee12]

2. What assholes...

Even though they couldn't identify them, they should have kept the ashes some respectable place...I'm sure a church or synagogue nearby would have been fine for some sort of memorial.