Posted on 03/27/2009 6:58:55 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim
Freedom is out of fashion at Ground Zero.
Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Freedom Tower has been stripped of its patriotic name -- which has been swapped out for the more marketable "One World Trade Center," Port Authority officials conceded yesterday.
More than seven years after the terror attacks and amid an effort to market the tower to international tenants, sentiment gave way to practicality.
"As we market the building we will ensure that the building is presented in the best possible way," said PA Chairman Anthony Coscia.
"One World Trade Center is its address. It's the address that we're using. It's the one that's easiest for people to identify with, and, frankly, we've gotten a very interested and warm reception to it."
Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles Burlingame was the pilot aboard American Airlines Flight 77 that was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon, said the renaming of the tower is one more example that the nation is forgetting 9/11.
"If we can't say the word freedom out loud, God help us," she said.
"I understand the decision from a marketing point of view. But it saddens me that it's no longer economically viable to declare who we are."
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Lawyer Algonquin J Calhoun
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Thanks for posting this.
This would bother me if we were still a free country.
52% of the people who voted.
Are those 52% potential customers? I didn't think so.
The excuse that it makes the tower "more marketable" is a steaming pile.
Doesn’t bother me. If we lived in a free country, it would.
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NEVER FORGET
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CLARITY =
9/11 Lifesaver RICK RESCORLA: Above & Beyond Citizen Medal Awardee
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212064/posts
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NEVER FORGET
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