NYT: U.S. Gov. Should Provide Funding for 9/11 Memorial

NYT: U.S. Gov. Should Provide Funding for 9/11 Memorial

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The federal government should provide continued funding to the 9/11 Memorial “to help keep it maintained and operating in the years ahead,” according to an editorial published in today’s “The New York Times.”

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) introduced legislation that would help cover a third of the operating costs. The article opined the bill a “sound solution.”

“In making a plea for Congressional aid for the 9/11 Memorial, Senator Inouye restates an important reality: Sept. 11 brought ‘the most horrific attack on America since the bombings of Pearl Harbor,’” the editorial said, adding “as a national memorial, this deserves continuing federal support.”

By Sarah Lippman, Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

Watch Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT reporter discuss Taliban capture

In case you missed it, here's a video of two-time Pulitzer prize winner David Rohde, who discussed his capture before a crowd at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site, 20 Vesey St. His story was part of the "9/11, Today and Tomorrow" speakers series.

Rohde is the co-author of the forthcoming book “A Rope and A Prayer: The Story of A Kidnapping.” A five-part series that Rohde wrote on his captivity and escape for The New York Times was recently awarded the 2009 George Polk Award for foreign reporting.

Thanks to WNET.ORG’s THIRTEEN Forum you can watch Rohde's "Escaping the Taliban" presentation in HD online and other events in the series at http://www.thirteen.org/forum/ , or download the events at iTunes, all for free.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

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