More than five years after the World Trade Center towers were destroyed by Islamic terrorists, more human remains from the massacre have been discovered. (Hat tip: Michael.)

Rest in peace, whoever you are. We’re not forgetting you; at least, not here.

NEW YORK - Human remains that appeared to be from World Trade Center victims were found by utility workers in a manhole at the northern edge of the site, a Port Authority official said Thursday.

A Consolidated Edison crew doing excavation of the manhole at street level found the remains, some as big as arm or leg bones, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site.

Con Ed said it entered the site Wednesday to remove material from two manholes that had been damaged and abandoned after the 2001 collapse of the twin towers.

Crews hauled the excavated materials Wednesday to a work center more than a mile away, as is customary, Con Edison said. On Thursday morning, a contractor working for the Port Authority realized the materials contained remains, Con Edison spokesman Chris Olert said, and the medical examiner’s office was contacted.

Five years after 2,749 people died in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks, families of about 1,150 victims still do not know whether their loved ones’ remains were recovered.

UPDATE at 10/20/06 9:47:46 am:

When I posted this entry, the article linked above was headlined, “Human remains found at WTC site.”

The Associated Press has now edited the headline and article to fit their standard anti-Bush template: Families angry after bones found at WTC.