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Memorial Proposed at NYC Landfill By SARA KUGLER, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Some families of those killed at the World Trade Center want a national memorial put atop the landfill where debris was painstakingly combed for the remains of their loved ones. Gloria Hagis, whose husband, Steven Hagis, was killed in the attack, said the vast landfill — now mostly covered in grasses and wetlands — could be the perfect spot for a peaceful memorial. 'You want to go somewhere away from people, and it'll be quiet like that,' she said. Rep. Vito Fossella plans to introduce a bill next month that would designate a portion of the Staten Island landfill as a memorial to the nearly 2,800 people killed in last year's attack. Under the proposal, the land would be transferred to the federal government and managed by the National Park Service. Workers sifted through 1.62 million tons of debris for 10 months at the 160-acre site. The Fresh Kills landfill was reopened the day after the attack as the final stop in the massive excavation project. Of the nearly 20,000 pieces of human remains recovered after the attacks, more than 1,400 were plucked from the landfill rubble, according to Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the city medical examiner. The 30-foot-deep cell of debris takes up about 50 acres of the site. Many families who lost loved ones turned to the landfill as a place to visit and remember. 'I don't want that to be the permanent resting place of my son, but it is right now,' said Bill Doyle, whose son has not been found. 'That place is a memorial itself.'
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