Thread: 9/11 note

Originally Posted by freddieflounder101

I think I would want to know, painful as it would be. I just think I would want the truth. But not everybody would and I don't know who should make that decision. There's no easy answer.

It sounds like some of the families have requested not to be notified, so I guess the family makes the decision. I am like you and this woman though, I would want to know every detail.

The Scotts are aware that if not for the spot of Randy's blood, they and other families could have one day seen the letter in the museum without knowing its origins. Over the past 11 years, some families have chosen not to be notified by the medical examiner's office when fragments are found.

"I can't do that. I can't do that," Denise repeated. "The last notification of remains I got was in 2008. And I can't do that. I can't leave him there. I cannot leave him there."

Better to know the truth, even when it comes in the form of a message that took a decade to be delivered.

Read more: 9/11 note changes victim's family's lives - SFGate

I wouldn't want to know, but I wouldn't want them to keep information from me even more.