9/11 Victims' Family Request May Be Denied

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has suggested that he would turn down the request of several families of people who died at the World Trade Center to sift through a million tons of debris at the Fresh Kills landfill in a search for human remains left from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

During the hearing, the judge stated that nothing could ever return dead loved ones to their families. New York City had asked Judge Hellerstein to dismiss the lawsuit that was filed in 2005 by 17 families who believe their relatives' remains were still at Fresh Hills.