# Bodies of 9/11 Terrorists **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209 "2002-11-17T22:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/1 "2002-11-17T22:03:31Z")
I read an article about 7 or 8 months ago that dealt with how the government is handling the remains of the hijackers aboard the flights that crashed in Pennsylvania and the Pentagon. IIRC, about 6 corpses have been identified as belonging to the hijackers, and last I heard were being stored in a military morgue somewhere. Where are they now? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/2 "2002-11-17T22:13:36Z")
In all likelihood, we’ll never know. I’m sure that they’ll probably do something similar with the hijackers’ bodies as the Soviets did with the body of Hitler: reduce it to something unrecognizable and bury it in a secret location so that the remains can’t become a “holy relic/shrine” for those who might be inclined to share the same misguided views of the hijackers. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/3 "2002-11-17T22:24:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > I’m sure that they’ll probably do something similar with the hijackers’ bodies as the Soviets did with the body of Hitler: \*\* You mean cloned the brain in order to provide the control system for invisible aircraft? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/4 "2002-11-17T22:46:32Z")
[CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/17/attack/main519033.shtml), as of August 17, 2002: > [@](#): > > In cases where badly damaged bodies cannot be identified, or when no one steps forward to claim a body, state or local laws usually dictate what will be done with them. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/5 "2002-11-18T00:11:06Z")
According to the article you linked to **Walloon** , even the FBI seems uncertain as to what to do with the bodies. > [@](#): > > The FBI has held them for months, and no one seems to know what should be done with them. It’s a politically and emotionally charged question for the government, which eventually must decide how to dispose of some of the most despised men in American history. It’s also **not** certain that they _are_ the remains of the terrorists, either. > [@](#): > > Families of the airplanes’ passengers and crews and those who died within the Pentagon provided DNA samples, typically on toothbrushes or hairbrushes, to aid with identification. The remains that didn’t match any of the samples were ruled to be the terrorists, said Chris Kelly, spokesman for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, which did the DNA work. The nine sets of remains matched the number of hijackers believed to be on the two planes. So there is the possibility that they might not be the hijackers remains. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/6 "2002-11-18T04:09:57Z")
We could always put them on display at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Trophies of war, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Taboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Taboo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taboo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-9-11-terrorists/137209/7 "2002-11-18T09:22:37Z")
The hijackers requested to be buried facing the east or the mecca. THats the last i heard anything about their bodies. of course no mention of whether or not the governement cared. lol. Im pretty sure you are right they are tested , creamated, and not facing anywhere but straight down … Taboo