IT IS NOT A SHAME, IT IS A DISGRACE
Below please find a quote from an article in a local newspaper in Oregon. This is a perfect example of how the rest of the country views what has been going on at Ground Zero. The memorial has become more of an afterthought.
It is very disheartening that both the LMDC and the WTC Memorial Foundation have allowed this to happen.
They will now try to use the recent resignations as excuses for more delays with the plans and fundraising.
The memorial was to be the heart and soul the centerpiece of the rebuilding of Ground Zero.
But because of the fact that the LMDC and the WTC Foundation will not admit that they made a mistake after four years we are left with a giant hole in the ground.
Tomorrow is Memorial Day. I took a moment and surfed the net looking at all of the memorials to the brave souls who lost their lives protecting our country.
All of these had two things in common. They contained an American flag and were above ground.
Don’t you find it odd that the memorial at Ground Zero that was to be the heart and soul, the centerpiece of the rebuilding in what was described as this “cradle of democracy” does not include either of these elements.
But it will be the most elaborate and expensive memorial in America and it will be built nearby the Freedom Tower.
It is not a shame it is a disgrace
“Eventually, this magnificent city’s spirit will prevail and the shrouded deathtrap will come down, piece by piece. The 1,776-foot Freedom Tower will rise from the crater at ground zero as a symbolic replacement for the twin towers, and a $1 billion memorial — America’s most elaborate and expensive — will be constructed nearby.”
The Oregonian May 28
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