Where did the debris from 911 go?
The attacks on the WTC left more than 2,600 people dead. The debris of the towers mixed with the remains of hundreds of people. In order to have the space needed to retrieve and identify human remains, the debris was taken to a closed landfill on Staten Island immediately after the attack.
What happened to the wreckage of 911?
Much of the debris was hauled off to the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island where it was further searched and sorted. According to The New York Times, by September 24, 2001, more than 100,000 tons of debris had been removed from the site.
Where is the remains of 9 11?
A repository for the remains of 9/11 victims under the jurisdiction of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York (OCME) is located at bedrock at the World Trade Center site.
Where did the remains of the twin towers go?
Cleanup workers trucked most of the building materials and debris from Ground Zero to Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.