911 families appeal decision to make their loved ones’ human remains an exhibit at 911 memorial museum

Majority of 911 families oppose human remains exhibit at 911 memorial museum

Video: 911 family describe the anguish over fight for the human remains of their loved ones during the February 2011 New York  City premiere of our film, The Ground Zero Mosque: The Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks.

Who can forget the heartwrenching accounts of this gruesome development by 911 family members at our premiere? Regular Atlas readers are well aware of this disgusting act of desecration. Obama apologizes for the burning of a defiled quran, but it’s OK for the human remains of Americans murdered in the largest Islamic attack in our nation’s history to be a sideshow at a leftwing 911 museum exhibit where Daisy the Khan, Ground Zero mosqueteer, is an adviser, ensuring that the “muslim” perspective is “correctly” represented. Ugh.

‘Freak Show’: 911 Memorial Museum Officials Exploit Human Remains by Pamela Geller, Breitbart’s Big Government

9/11 Families Deliver Letter to Mayor Bloomberg re: Human Remains at GZ Museum

The 911 families are appealing the fatwa from the Ayatollah Bloomberg regime.

9/11 Families Appeal Court Decision 

Seventeen 9/11 family members of WTC Victims have filed an appeal of a court decision. We were forced to file the original lawsuit and this current appeal because the City of New York and the 9/11 Memorial/Museum refused to seek the input of each of the WTC victims’ families regarding the current plan to place human remains in the basement of the 9/11 Museum. If we prevail in this appeal we would be granted access to the families’ names and addresses—which would allow us to give all the WTC family members the opportunity to have a voice, and a choice in the final resting place of their loved ones.

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The plans for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum call for the unidentified human remains of those who were killed at Ground Zero to be incorporated as a “programmatic element” of the Museum, and to be located in the Museum, some 70 feet below ground. The families of those who were killed were neither meaningfully notified nor consulted about this plan, and many have objected to it.

These family members believe the remains should be returned to the World Trade Center (“WTC”) site, but in a location that is separate and distinct from the Museum and above ground, akin to the Tomb of the Unknowns. For the approximately 1,100 families that did not receive any recovery of their loved ones’ remains, the repository of human remains in the Museum may be the closest thing they will have to a cemetery. These and other families of WTC victims will only be able to visit the remains during the hours the Museum is open or if they have made an appointment. The families believe they should be able to visit the remains spontaneously, at any hour of the day or evening. Moreover, the families do not want to have to enter a museum in order to visit the remains. As one of the objecting family members stated, “None of us, whether we’ve received recovery or not, should have to walk past thousands of tourists and the 9/11 Museum store on the 1st floor, selling its WTC cups, shirts, and books on our way to pray over our loved ones’ remains.”

Seventeen 9/11 family members who objected to the City’s plan filed a Freedom of Information (“FOIL”) lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (“trial court’) against the City of New York, Office of the Mayor, and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The goal of the lawsuit is to direct the City to release the list of the 2,749 family members whose loved ones died on 9/11/01 for the sole purpose of meaningfully notifying them and seeking their input regarding the City’s current plan to place the unidentified human remains in the Museum.

The issue before the trial court was whether disclosure of the names and addresses of the WTC victims’ family members falls within the FOIL’s privacy exemption. The seventeen family members argued that New York courts have held that the disclosure of names and addresses is not an invasion of personal privacy and have ordered such disclosure under FOIL.

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armaros

11 years ago

no respect for victims, only the perpetrators.
No respect for the religions of the victims but if Muslims protested that their remains should be buried 100% after death, NYC and Bloombum would obey like a guard dog seeing a stake.

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Alex

11 years ago

Pamela,
With all due respect, should it be “911 FAMILIES APPEAL DECISION TO THEIR LOVED ONES'”, not
911 FAMILIES APPEAL DECISION TO THEIR MAKE LOVED ONES’ . Freudian slip? LOL.
Adore you,
Alex.

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Jamadagnii

11 years ago

Of course the city should respect the families’ wishes. It’s appalling. I’m sure that the tourists who visit the museum will not miss the little thrill of knowing that human remains are behind some wall in the basement.
My heart goes out to the people who are stuck fighting with idiotic bureaucrats.

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fern

11 years ago

This is just awful. The relatives shouldn’t be going through all of this fgs. Have those imbeciles responsible, no shame? The lack of respect for the families concerned is inhuman, and it is absolutely disgraceful that they are having to go to court. Jeesh, what is this world coming to. My heart goes out to the families x

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Choi

11 years ago

“…remains of Americans murdered in the largest Islamic attack in our nation’s history be a sideshow at a leftwing 911 museum exhibit where Daisy the Khan, Ground Zero mosqueteer, is an adviser insuring that the “muslim” perspective is “correctly” represented. Ugh.”
As Pamela puts it,”UGH” is right
What “possible” Muslim perspective could she give?
Ah, of course. She’ll say it was an “inside job” so we can have someone to BLAME and and then make WAR against the poor “peace-loving Islamic World
WHAT RIGHT does Khan have to be part of anything re: 9/11?
She’s on the OTHER SIDE.

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RalphB

11 years ago

Let’s do a thought experiment. Let’s imagine that instead of doing what Obama insisted they to do and giving Osama bin Laden’s remains a Sharia-compliant respectful burial at sea, complete with Muslim prayers and other symbols of submission, that the naval officers in charge were given the option to do what they thought best served American propaganda efforts and decided to mummify Bin Laden’s body and offer it to the 9/11 museum.
And to continue the thought experiment, let’s say the museum put up (1) a life-size tableau of him in wax during his stinking last days hiding from the U.S. military like a cornered rat, sitting alone in his squalid room watching videos of himself as a big-shot to remind him of his glory days, followed by (2) a tableau with his actual mummified body on display, bullet holes in all in the right places, illustrating his moment of death as he gags on his own terror at the hands of the Navy Seals and the good old U.S. of A.
Now to complete the thought experiment, write the headlines for the enemedia editorials on the subject. Just to get you started: Right-wing ghouls desecrate 9/11 memorial…

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CK

11 years ago

Why hasnt anyone dragged Khan off that committee?

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Sharida Mohammed

11 years ago

Americans,
Victims of 911,
You are not grieving because of the Muslims you are grieving because of the Americans that did 911. Ask the USA government to allow me to ask them 5 questions, just 5 and let them answer me publicly. They will never take 911 to court because they know how many Americans know the truth. The USA can fool some of you but there are those who saw right through their lies. The USA has become a Communist country to the Muslims and also to some Americans. The bodies of many 911 victims were dumped in Virginia. I would like to take 911 to court but the USA is not that brave to accept the challenge.

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