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Published: Mon, 2 Nov 2009
Description: Connecticut town balks at proposed plaque honoring 9/11 victim
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" Greg thank you Stephen Mann whose son was killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center eight years ago now fighting to -- what he calls the truth. On memorial plaque for his son he wants he inscription to read murdered by Muslim terrorists. But his Connecticut town won't allow that Peter could dial is. So it's passed away I am today Peter thank you for being -- because nobody can understand the pain that you went through. In the sun. Insists that. You have now decided to take this fight to honor -- You know way that you believe. Is something that's leaving our society and the memories of the children as far as topic and remember that. Ordinarily I would not want."
" On memorial any reference to the people killed and but the problem is that throughout the country there seems to be an effort to suppress the facts around 9/11 on the fact that. It was -- Muslim extremists that committed this atrocity. The 9/11 cameras throughout the country in this very -- very somewhere else have been subjected to the same. Same exclusion from deciding what the memorial say. And as a said if if if I could be certain that there was a proper examination and that wasn't used that this attempt to conceal the effects. I would want reference to this people on my -- memorial."
" Right so the town of Kent Connecticut they wanted to put up. A memorial to honor at your son but when you say that I would like it to say murdered by Muslim terrorists they said. Look this is on public property it's paid for ostensibly by public dollars we don't want to offend anyone in fact this is the statement from the city. I had deep reservations about putting those words on memorial that was going on public land and paid for a public funds can just a warm and welcoming town known for its acceptance of diversity. No religious groups should be disparaged them monument going on town property. And seeking out of the public memorial for victims of 9/11 we found none. Containing such."
" But that's absolute nonsense I mean if you look at holocaust memorial interview refer to Nazis and Germans the Pearl Harbor museum. Refers extensively to the Japanese. Memorials in Armenia took the Turkish genocide there referred to the Turks and who committed the genocide. -- fellows running for first selectmen and our town. Bruce Adams he tried to tell me that morals don't refer to them -- the killers were the perpetrators just victims and is that -- incorrect. And he said memorial like this should be something that when he passed -- his grandchildren he said it should be teaching moment. But that many commented on it in the newspapers he said that to my son passed away. And this is what I'm afraid of this kind of attitude. That people will say that is they just died they did they didn't pass -- they were murdered. In fact you say that there is -- photo in Manhattan Beach, California. That says the towers collapse -- and memorial in Manhattan Beach, California. I -- from police headquarters there which says in memory of the people who the of the towers -- said that said the towers collapsed. There's no mention of the fact that they were brought down by terrorists. And it's I mean I have suggested alternate wording to move for slightly would be well. I said originally. That my son was murdered as a result of the in willful negligence and corruption of the people in government who failed to enforce our immigration laws. That would get these people out. Head of the country completely so it did the second statement that we set was actually toned down there yes it was considerably tend. I've have to emphasize that nationwide violent films have been excluded this from this process and that in eastern Connecticut there's even more egregious example. Of that this kind of political correctness of nastiness the Peter got yelled thank you for sharing your story with us this morning we'll continue to follow it happens. Thank you very much."
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