Seventh Anniversary of 9/11

Sevens years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Americans are still mourning that terrible loss. That event was such a horrible tragedy in the United States and memorials are going to be at the sites where the attacks happened. On Thursday, the first memorial at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The memorial is a very emotional place for family members of the 9/11 vicitms. Mayor Bloomberg of New York feels the building of the memorial is taking longer than he would like. He does understand that it is more important that the memorials are built right and are meaningful, but Bloomberg wants the process to speed up and set a final deadline for 2011. Both are supposed to be beautiful buildings paying tribute to those that lost their lives on that fateful day. I think it would be a very emotional experience to visit the 9/11 memorials and I feel like it is a place that most people should want to see. Even though it is taking a long time to build both, I think waiting and taking time to put effort into the memorials will have a greater reward than rushing the process. The article went into detail about what each memorial will look like and where it will be. It also had quotes from interviews with the mayor of New York and someone from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. I think this story was very newsworthy because 9/11 is still a very important date to everyone in the country and having a memorial to help us remember is even more important. This article had very good coverage, it was unbiased and gave the information on when and where we will see a place for rememberance. This was a very nice article to read while still reminding you of the purpose behind the memorials; to make sure America never forgets.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/11/911.memorials/index.html