The families
: I hate to say this but some of the 9/11 families have finally gone overboard. I have the utmost respect for them, for what they have lost and endured and stood for. I stood back as they insisted on their view of what to do with the World Trade Center site, though I did not agree about treating the ground as if it is sacred when it is the memory that matters. But yesterday’s 9/11 Commission hearings were the last straw for me. I held my tongue yesterday because I wasn’t sure the families were the ones heckling Mayor Giuliani but today the papers confirm that they were the ones yelling ugly words. I understand their anger; even Giuliani does; who wouldn’t? I understand that the commission hearings are a joke and aren’t worthy of respect. But Giuliani is. The memory of the heroes and innocents is. They don’t deserve this kind of nasty behavior. And as Giuliani said yesterday, it is vital that we remember: “Our enemy is not each other, but the terrorists who attacked us…. The blame should be put on one source alone, the terrorists who killed our loved ones.”
