Tancredo Questions Shape of 9/11 Memorial

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Tancredo Questions Shape of 9/11 Memorial


Tuesday September 13, 2005 8:16 PM

By JENNIFER TALHELM

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Colorado congressman is asking the Interior
Department to reconsider the crescent-shaped design of the memorial
to those aboard a plane hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, because some
may think it honors the terrorists.

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The memorial design was approved last week at a meeting of the
Flight 93 Advisory Commission. It still must gain the approval of
the director of the National Park Service and the secretary of the
Interior Department.

The park service and family members of crash victims said that the
memorial's shape - a circle broken by the flight pattern of the plane
- simply follows the topography of the crash site.

The memorial consists of a chapel with 40 metallic wind chimes, one
for each of the victims. It is designed to spread across 2,000 acres
and would include pedestrian trails and a roadway to a visitor center
and the actual crash site. At the site would be a crescent-shaped
cluster of maple trees and a white marble wall inscribed with the
victims' names.

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