TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS David and Samantha Cameron at the
Ground Zero memorial in New York with Charles Wolf, right, who lost his British wife Katherine during the attacks and the city's mayor Michael Bloomberg
The debate over the future of
Ground Zero reveals how many individuals do not believe that places of death should necessarily be overt reminders of that fact.
Larry Silverstein, whose company owns the lease on the site, told theournal: 'Clearly, it has different meaning to different people, but Ihink most New Yorkers stopped calling it
Ground Zero some time ago.round Zero is a reference for yesterday, but World Trade Center is te reference for tomorrow.
Additionally, this community centre is not aiming to be constructed right at
Ground Zero but rather in an abandoned and private building, blocks away that previously housed the Burlington Coat Factory.
However, if the people behind the building of the mosque at
Ground Zero are really attempting to unify people and different religions, as some claim, I suggest that they make a point of saying they have every right to build their mosque at
Ground Zero, but if so many are opposed to that site, would someone suggest a site that would be acceptable?
The
Ground Zero site offers a unique opportunity to show -- with cutting-edge interactivity, design and exhibits -- that Osama bin Laden is not a part of Islam.
Workers last week began installing the first few steel columns for the tower, the tallest one planned for
Ground Zero. Twenty-four columns will be installed in all come fall.
RELATIVES of those who died in the September 11 terror attacks gathered near
Ground Zero to remember the 2,749 people who were killed at the World Trade Center six years ago.
RELATIVES of those who died in the September 11 terror attacks gathered near
Ground Zero yesterday to remember the 2,749 people who were killed at the World Trade Center site six years ago.
Six years on to the day, emergency services workers and members of the public recount their stories of desperately trying to find loved ones and survivors on
Ground Zero.
The suit charges that the captive has used public funds, intended to compensate
Ground Zero workers for claims arising out of the debris removal process, for "unauthorized and unlawful" purposes.