By Eileen Buckley
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Clarence, NY – The National Transportation Safety Board estimated that it could take about a week to get the wreckage of the plane out of the Long Street site in Clarence Center.
Erie County and State Police along with Clarence emergency officials held a Sunday morning news briefing in Clarence.
There are more than 150 workers assisting on the recovery effort. Human remains need to be collected and classified. The adjoining properties must also be cleaned. The bodies are being transporting to the morgue out of the wreckage. The Medical Examiner will work to collect DNA from relatives.
"It is the intention to get the neighborhood back to normal as soon as possible," said Erie County Executive Collins.
Collins says weather has been cooperating with recovery efforts Sunday morning. But Collins noted that with word of a major snow storm being predicted for Wednesday, they hope to have the bodies recovered from the wreckage before then. The officials say no one wants to work in extreme weather conditions.
At 6am Sunday, State Police reopened traffic to Goodrich Road in the town of Clarence. But State Police Captain Steven Nigelli stressed to the public that this is not "an invitation" to the public to travel to the crash site. He says this road was reopened to help with local traffic needs for residents who need access.
The town of Clarence will remain in a "limited State of Emergency". It has been in the limited State of Emergency since late Thursday night following the crash of flight 3407.
Sunday there will be public crisis information briefings for residents. That session will take place at 1:00[m Sunday at the Clarence High School on Main Street. The session will provide residents with property, health and stress management assistance.
Click the audio player above to hear the news briefing.