WTC victims' families want remains moved from dump
Quick ReadSome 1,100 victims out of the 2,749 who died in the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001 were never found.
Photo credit: Getty Images, 2001 | A man calls out asking if anyone needs help after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower on September 11, 2001, in New York City.
Ground Zero immediately after 9/11 photos
Ground Zero: Eight years later
Families of World Trade Center victims said they were stunned Wednesday when a lawyer for the city characterized as "undifferentiated . . . dirt" the debris at a Staten Island landfill they believe contains human remains.
"That is just a despicable statement," said James McCaffrey of Yonkers, whose brother-in-law Orio Palmer, 45, a firefighter from Valley Stream, died on Sept. 11, 2001, in...
