THE ISSUE: The city’s decision to host this year’s 9/11 commemoration outside Ground Zero.
Andrea Peyser has finally expressed what some Americans have been feeling, but have refrained from uttering: It is time to move on (“Time To Climb Out of the Tragic Pit,” Aug. 6).
I’m no student of psychology, but am fairly certain that lingering in the loss of loved ones cannot bring anything but a life of melancholy.
No American will ever forget 9/11, but only those who lost relatives and friends can understand what many victims’ families endure each anniversary.
The rest of us shouldn’t have to focus on their grief every year. The small group that believes that they speak for all victims’ families needs to find a more productive outlet or they will forever live in the shadow of the Twin Towers.
Neil S. Friedman
Brooklyn
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After 9/11, Peyser could be seen attending every major event concerning the 9/11 families, whether it be a funeral or a rally.
Now Peyser feels the need to criticize the very people she was so compassionate to by suggesting that they move on and mourn somewhere other than the WTC site.
Her waffling back and forth destroys her credibility.
Domenica Ragusa
Brooklyn
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Peyser is right. Why should the city and country have to take a vote of 9/11 families before every 9/11-related action?
Too many of these people have become full of themselves, as if they are the only ones to ever lose a loved one. Families of soldiers lost in battle aren’t consulted on military matters.
We will always remember, but it is time to move on.
Phil Goodman
Edison, N.J.
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Once again Peyser has shown a total lack of information, understanding and compassion.
As in the past, I ask her to walk in our shoes. Instead of wasting time criticizing the families, she should think about how she would feel if, God forbid, it was her loved one who was blown to bits and never to be seen again.
After almost six years, they are still recovering bone fragments, and families are anxiously awaiting to hear if their precious loved one will be identified.
Every American should be on their knees every Sept. 11 and thank God that their families are intact.
The connection to Ground Zero is profound, and the very least Mayor Bloomberg should do is let the families down the ramp to the sacred ground to say their prayers and remember their loved ones.
Rosemary Cain
Massapequa
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No matter how many buildings are built on WTC site, it will always be a cemetery.
Does America want us to go to the cemetery and leave our flowers outside?
Jim Riches
Brooklyn
