Ray Ragusa at Fresh Kills Closing Ceremony, Part 5 [Archival Interview]
Title
Ray Ragusa at Fresh Kills Closing Ceremony, Part 5 [Archival Interview]
Description
Ray Ragusa worked at the Fresh Kills Landfill for 18 years as a heavy equipment operator. On the day of the Closing Ceremony, Ray describes how the Recovery Effort functioned at the landfill, how they kept track of where material was dumped, and what types of objects they found.
Sonic memorial comments
Bray edited. Vanessa plugged and uploaded 11/06/02. Vanessa emailed Elinoar to double check web permission 1/16/03.
Sonic memorial contact
Elinoar Astrinsky conducted interview, DATs.
Sonic memorial creation date
2002-07-15
Sonic memorial duration
00:00:00
Sonic memorial is browsable
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Sonic memorial keyword
Work
Rescue Effort
Recovery
Sonic memorial name
Fresh Kills Bray
Sonic memorial permission
web
Sonic memorial source type
interview
Sonic memorial status
active
Source
digitally recorded
Media Type
audio
Collection
Citation
“Ray Ragusa at Fresh Kills Closing Ceremony, Part 5 [Archival Interview],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95979/.