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Gold9472
03-08-2006, 11:38 PM
Sister Of Firefighter Killed On 9/11 To Sleep At WTC Site In Protest

http://www.wnbc.com/news/7827109/detail.html

(Gold9472: A true memorial would be to hold those responsible, accountable.)

POSTED: 8:53 pm EST March 8, 2006

NEW YORK -- The sister of a firefighter killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on Wednesday announced she would sleep across from ground zero indefinitely to protest plans for the World Trade Center memorial.

"I will be here every night from this night forward until the underground memorial issue is resolved," Rosaleen Tallon said.

Tallon, sister of Sean Tallon, and the Rev. Bill Minson, a former ground zero chaplain who counsels Sept. 11 families, went to the offices of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. with about a dozen other family members to ask the rebuilding agency to change its plans.

The families received a handwritten note from LMDC president Stefan Pryor announcing that plans would go as scheduled. Construction on the "Reflecting Absence" memorial is scheduled to begin within weeks. Families have said the design dishonors the dead and is not safe for visitors because the memorial would be partially underground.

In a letter to families last week, Pryor said the agency had responded to other family requests for design changes, made its final choices "in good faith" and would proceed with construction.

Minson said he would remain at the site 24 hours a day "until there's a change" in the memorial plans. Tallon said she would sleep every night across from the site in front of her brother's firehouse, Engine Co. 10/Ladder Co. 10.