Families of 9/11 victims yesterday denounced a decision to relocate this year’s anniversary ceremony from Ground Zero to a small park because of construction at the former World Trade Center site.
“They want to downsize 9/11,” Bill Doyle, whose son Joseph died in the terror attacks, fumed in a call to The Post.
Officials revealed the move to Zuccotti Park, southeast of Ground Zero, in announcing that responders would read the names of New York City’s victims at this year’s commemoration. In the past, thousands have gathered at Ground Zero for the annual reading.
“Is it so terrible to stop construction for a half-day so that fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, children, friends and fellow citizens can respectively gather to remember and honor their fallen loved ones?” a letter from family groups to Gov. Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg asked.
“For us, and many Americans around the nation, the World Trade Center site is sacred ground.”