They could get every bar of gold or other precious metal out of the WTC,

[originalpckelly]

that was completely accounted for...

But they're still finding remains of Americans seven years later.

[liberal N proud]

1. I thought the Gold was mysteriously out of the WTC that day

Wasn't it in a truck in a tunnel under the Trade Center?

[originalpckelly]

2. No, the Bank of Nova Scotia's vault was not damaged much...

and all precious metals inside were completely accounted for.

But I think we all know that if that vault had been damaged more, they would have figured a way to get all the gold.

Money is more important to our government than people.

[Marrah_G]

3. Not sure you understand how little was left

These remains you speak of are often little more then bone fragments. They are far more difficult to locate then metals.

A very close friend worked for NYC at the time and she and her husband were setting up all the computer systems in the makeshift morgue area. There were not thousands of bodies like you would think of a body. There were pieces of bodies. I remember her emails from those dark days.

The metal was in the basement. The people were above ground when they came down. Pieces spread over a large area.

The men and women of NYC worked their asses off for months/years. Many are very sick or dead because of it. They worked tirelessly to try and recover remains for the families.

Unless you walked in their shoes.... don't judge.

[hemphammock]

4. obviously they should have quit looking long ago.

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