More remains found at ground zero

NEW YORK (MCT) -- About a dozen more pieces of human remains --including a bone more than a foot long -- were unearthed near groundzero Saturday after a new search for Sept. 11 victims kicked intohigh gear.

A crew working with forensic experts also found wallets, shoes andcash at previously unsearched manholes, a member of the team told theNew York Daily News.

The medical examiner's office also painstakingly sifted throughdebris using a mesh -- a technique used on archaeological digs.

"We have the best possible people working through the weekend onthis effort," said Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler. "It is being done with thegreatest care and respect."

The new hunt for Sept. 11 remains was prompted by the stunningdiscovery Thursday of more than 80 bones -- some as large as 10inches long.

Skyler said the crew includes members of the New York police andfire departments, Con Edison, Verizon and the Port Authority. "Theyhave identified additional locations that need to be searched andhave already begun to manually remove material to an area where themedical examiner's staff will carefully sift through all of it," headded.

The latest discovery further outraged Sept. 11 victims' survivors,who renewed their demand for federal experts to take over the search.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered city officials Friday tosearch all the manholes in the area, covered over in 2004 to create atemporary service road to The Pit.

But furious family members said they had lost faith in the city'scompetence.

"If they were capable of doing the job, it would have been doneover the last five years," said Sally Regenhard, whose probationaryfirefighter son, Christian, was one of 2,749 people who died on Sept.11. He is one of the 1,150 victims whose remains have not beenidentified.

Family members and Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer haveurged the city and Port Authority to hand over the search to theJoint POW/MIA Accounting Command, which specializes in unearthingslain soldiers.

But Skyler noted that two former members of that command now workfor the medical examiner's office. "The expertise being brought tobear on the site is the same expertise that some are requestingthrough the command," he said.

More remains found at ground zero

NEW YORK (MCT) -- About a dozen more pieces of human remains --including a bone more than a foot long -- were unearthed near groundzero Saturday after a new search for Sept. 11 victims kicked intohigh gear.

A crew working with forensic experts also found wallets, shoes andcash at previously unsearched manholes, a member of the team told theNew York Daily News.

The medical examiner's office also painstakingly sifted throughdebris using a mesh -- a technique used on archaeological digs.

"We have the best possible people working through the weekend onthis effort," said Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler. "It is being done with thegreatest care and respect."

The new hunt for Sept. 11 remains was prompted by the stunningdiscovery Thursday of more than 80 bones -- some as large as 10inches long.

Skyler said the crew includes members of the New York police andfire departments, Con Edison, Verizon and the Port Authority. "Theyhave identified additional locations that need to be searched andhave already begun to manually remove material to an area where themedical examiner's staff will carefully sift through all of it," headded.

The latest discovery further outraged Sept. 11 victims' survivors,who renewed their demand for federal experts to take over the search.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered city officials Friday tosearch all the manholes in the area, covered over in 2004 to create atemporary service road to The Pit.

But furious family members said they had lost faith in the city'scompetence.

"If they were capable of doing the job, it would have been doneover the last five years," said Sally Regenhard, whose probationaryfirefighter son, Christian, was one of 2,749 people who died on Sept.11. He is one of the 1,150 victims whose remains have not beenidentified.

Family members and Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer haveurged the city and Port Authority to hand over the search to theJoint POW/MIA Accounting Command, which specializes in unearthingslain soldiers.

But Skyler noted that two former members of that command now workfor the medical examiner's office. "The expertise being brought tobear on the site is the same expertise that some are requestingthrough the command," he said.