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Families of 9/11 victims will not read names at memorial this year amid COVID-19 (Will Biden show up?)
NY Post ^ | July 25, 2020 | Susan Edelman and Dean Balsamin

Posted on 08/06/2020 9:03:18 AM PDT by DoodleBob

COVID-19 has spread more heartache — this time on the 19th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Family members will not read the names of their fallen loved ones at this year’s ceremony in Manhattan, according to an invitation sent to 9/11 next-of-kin and obtained by The Post.

Instead, the ceremony will play a recording of a past name-reading.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which sent the invite, said the move comes “out of an abundance of caution.”

“As we continue to develop plans for this year’s 9/11 anniversary, our hope is to gather on the Memorial plaza, adhering to state and federal guidelines as they relate to social distancing and public gatherings,” reads the missive from Alice M. Greenwald, president and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

“As in years past, the focus of the commemoration will be the reading of the names. … we will not ask family members to read the names of victims in person on a stage this year. Instead, we will use recorded name readings from the Museum’s ‘In Memoriam’ exhibition to ensure that your loved one is recognized and remembered.”

FDNY retired Lt. Jim McCaffrey, whose brother-in-law, Battalion Chief Orio Palmer, was killed on 9/11, is glad the tradition will continue in some form amid the pandemic.

“It won’t be the same, but at least the names will be mentioned,” McCaffrey said. “This was an attack on America. People need to remember that. So many people have already forgotten the sacrifice exhibited that day.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 911; andrewcuomo; antifa; biden; billdeblasio; deanbalsami; election2020; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; ocasiocortez; occasionalcortex; susanedelman

1 posted on 08/06/2020 9:03:18 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: LS
I'm interested in your views...I'm certain Trump will still attend. If Biden doesn't show up, it creates a problem for him - yes, people will scream "gotta be safe" but Trump will likely retort "is anything in life important enough for this guy to show his face?" This could be a golden opportunity for the Trump Campaign.

...maybe we will see something like this again...


2 posted on 08/06/2020 9:04:43 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^s)
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To: DoodleBob

I’ve come to view the phrase “out of an abundance of caution” as the most loathsome in the language. Next to “you’re late to dinner”, of course.


3 posted on 08/06/2020 9:19:33 AM PDT by turfmann
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
By this time next year, DeBlasio, Cuomo, and Letitia James will have rid the city of that Islamophobic travesty. /sarc (but watch 'em do it)

4 posted on 08/06/2020 9:20:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: DoodleBob

I think of untold numbers of people that have tragically died and don’t get their names read in an annual ceremony.

Their survivors, most of whom didn’t get lots of dollars in compensation, have to continue their lives without an annual national recognition of their tragedy.


5 posted on 08/06/2020 9:28:55 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: DoodleBob
A little double standard here:


6 posted on 08/06/2020 12:36:58 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing for America/Americans today?)
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To: Grampa Dave

That wasn’t a funeral, it was a political rally. Nevertheless, there were no masks and just like Trump’s rally when people get infected the media will certainly shout it out, won’t they?


7 posted on 08/06/2020 12:41:09 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: 1Old Pro

You, bet! They will shout it out!


8 posted on 08/06/2020 1:11:10 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing for America/Americans today?)
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To: DoodleBob

All I know is Biteme’s black vote may be less than 70%.


9 posted on 08/06/2020 2:07:39 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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