More than ten years later, what should be done with the unidentified remains of 9/11 victims? That question—which many assumed had long been answered—came back to light this weekend when a group of families of victims gathered to protest a plan to store the remains in a repository, 70 feet below ground in between the National September 11th Memorial and the Museum next door.
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9/11 Familes Oppose Putting Unidentified Remains In Museum
NYPD Worried 9/11 Memorial Will Attract Suicides
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly sat down to talk to Esquire's Scott Raab before the last round of bad press hit and the transcript has hit the transom. While the interview has some interesting factoids—Kelly plays calypso drums! And TiVos Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert every night, which must be awkward!—the meat of it comes at the end when he talks about the NYPD's concerns with the 9/11 Memorial. Specifically that it might be an attractive place to kill yourself in a city that already has a reputation as a suicide destination.
Tennessee Rep. Threatens NYC Drivers After 9/11 Memorial Gun Arrest
A Tennessee state representative with the friendly name Frank Niceley is upset that New York City takes its gun laws seriously. He's so upset, he's writing resolutions about it! In the wake of the incident involving a woman who brought her loaded gun to the 9/11 Memorial, Niceley has gone and introduced a resolution in his state that gently threatens New Yorkers driving there. But only gently!
Gun-Toting 9/11 Tourist Had Some "Powder" In Her Purse, Too
On December 22, 39-year-old Tennesseean Meredith Graves brought her loaded .38 pistol in her purse to the 9/11 Memorial and, after she asked a guard if there was a place she could check it, was promptly arrested. She posted bail on Wednesday and yesterday at least one local pol started pushing for lenience (she faces a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years on a single felony weapons-possession charge) since her gun was properly registered in her home state. Also, police say that besides the gun Graves, a fourth-year medical student, had "two envelopes of what they suspected to be cocaine" in her purse.
Don't Bring Your Gun To The 9/11 Memorial
Look, tourists? We love you. All 50 million of you. But you can't keep bringing your guns to our attractions. You can't bring them to the top of the Empire State Building and you certainly can't bring them into the 9/11 Memorial—as one Tennessee woman learned last week.
Construction On 9/11 Museum Grinds To Halt, Port Authority Threatens Lawsuit
The National September 11th Museum is supposed to open next year, but Mayor Bloomberg says construction at the site has come "basically to a halt" because the Port Authority, which is paying for site-wide infrastructure, is squabbling with the museum foundation over money. Governor Cuomo said yesterday that the Port Authority (which is controlled by New York and New Jersey on the state level) is "on the verge" of suing the foundation over hundreds of millions of dollars. Never forget bureaucratic infighting!
Terrorists Are Keeping Porta-Potties Out Of The 9/11 Memorial
Lower Manhattan is getting messy. Beyond the people who live and work there, and ignoring all those occupiers, 9/11 tourists are apparently overloading the areas bathroom and garbage can supply. And don't expect a fix coming anytime soon! We've known since May that there wouldn't be any bathrooms at the 9/11 Memorial until its sibling Museum opens next year, but it seems that no matter how much neighbors beg for them, there won't even be any Porta-Potties for the visitors in the meantime. Why? Because of the terrorists, of course.
Photos: Bloomberg On A 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle
In a world with 9/11-themed Corvettes, we're surprised it took so long for someone to make a commemorative 9/11 motorcycle. And of course it was made by Paul Teutul Jr. from American Chopper. Mayor Mike certainly seems to dig it. Well, at least sitting on it. WITHOUT A HELMET. But hey! It looks like the still-unfinished Santiago Calatrava WTC Transit Hub!
Tour Companies Caught Scalping 9/11 Memorial Tickets
The 9/11 Memorial has barely been open a month and already people (read: tour companies) are finding ways to make extra bucks off of it. Like charging tourists for free tickets. And companies are coming up with some pretty interesting BS to explain away their blatant cash grabs.
9/11 Museum Features Photos Of Those Who Jumped From Towers
Some of the most powerful and controversial images of the September 11th attacks are those of victims who jumped from the twin towers to escape the intense conditions within the buildings. The 9/11 Museum and Memorial will include them in their exhibit, and the museum's president told the Post, "It is honestly one of the most difficult things that we battle with," and compared their place at the memorial to Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial. Perhaps the most iconic of these photos is one taken by AP photographer Richard Drew that has been deemed "Falling Man."
Tribute In Light's Future Looks Dark... Unless You Help Out
After ten years the 9/11 Memorial is about to open (the Museum opens next year along with the bathrooms) but at the same time New York might be about to lose what is arguably the most evocative of all the September 11th memorials: The Tribute In Light. Though most people assume the giant bird magnet is a simple installation that just gets turned on each year, it actually is a huge undertaking that takes weeks to prepare—and costs a big chunk of change. Like, hundreds of thousands of dollars that the Municipal Art Society (MAS), which runs the Tribute, can no longer afford on its own.
Get Yer 9/11 Memorial Tickets While They're Hot!
The opening of the 9/11 Memorial is just around the corner—see our photo tour from last month—and tickets are about to be made available to the public. No, not the rumored $20+ tickets to the 9/11 Museum (which won't open until 2012), tickets to the actual memorial. The one without any toilets.
Never Forget... To Bring Your Wallet To The 9/11 Museum
Cue the cries of outrage! Not only will the 9/11 Memorial and Museum not have a bathroom when the memorial opens in September, it could cost $20 bucks a person to visit the museum when it opens next year, the CEO of the museum told a City Council committee yesterday. And if it doesn't cost a hard $20, it very well have a suggested donation of $25 or above, à la the Met.
Never Forget...To Use The Bathroom Before Visiting The 9/11 Memorial
The National 9/11 Memorial and Museum is on track to open in time for the tenth anniversary of the attack, but it seems that there's just one little problem: you may have to hold it in while you're there. "Visitors will be provided with information to help plan their visit, including being advised that bathrooms will not be accessible on the site," Bloomberg spokesman Andrew Brent told the Post.
Pols Want Tour Buses, Not Tourists, Out Of Ground Zero
Yesterday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver held a multi-agency meeting to discuss the potential tour bus "problem" lower Manhattan will face when the 9/11 Memorial opens in September. However, don't think that this will turn downtown into some no-tourists-allowed haven. One proposal suggests having drop-off points in New Jersey and Brooklyn, so tourists can take the PATH or ferries to Ground Zero. As state Senator Daniel Squadron said, "The more you bring in visitors by means other than tour buses, the more time—and money—they spend downtown."
9/11 Memorial Launches Interactive Timeline
The National 9/11 Memorial and Museum is still on track to open in time for the tenth anniversary of the attack. To whet people's appetites, we guess, today it launched an impressive interactive timeline on its website. From the hijackers going through security at 5:45 a.m. through George W. Bush's national address at 8:30 p.m. that night, the museum has managed to pack a whole lot of material—including some truly disturbing video and audio files—into one socialmedia-friendly website.
Public Access To 9/11 Memorial Will Be Limited
Last night, the National September 11th Memorial and Museum's president updated Community Board 1 about what's happening with the eagerly anticipated space. According to NY1, it's "on track to open for the 10th anniversary of the attacks, but access to the plaza will be restricted... [the] memorial will open on schedule for the 10th anniversary of the attacks, but visitors won't be able to just walk up and stick around for a long time afterwards."
Jon Stewart Appointed to 9/11 Memorial And Museum Board
Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, was named to the board of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum foundation and said after the board's meeting yesterday, "I’m very humbled. Luckily for me, it appears as if they’ve done 95 percent of the hard labor on this. So I’m hoping to help in any way I can offer... I’m like their intern at this point."
A Look At World Trade Center Rebuilding
With much of the activity at Ground Zero below surface, it's only been in recent months that passers-by have seen buildings actually emerge from the World Trade Center site. On Tuesday, we went on a tour of the Port Authority's projects at the World Trade Center site, where about 1,400 constructions workers are on site daily and working on the array of projects.
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