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September 11th Families Kick-off National Campaign Appealing to the American People to Urge Change at Ground Zero Memorial

New York, N.Y., January 24, 2007 – Family members of relatives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 representing major 9/11 family organizations held a press conference today in New York City and unveiled a national media campaign asking the American people to help them “Save the 9/11 Memorial” at Ground Zero. Family leaders object to current plans that will list most of the names of 2,979 people who perished in the attacks of 2001 and 1993 without reference to age, affiliation, location and, in the case of uniformed service members, rank. The group plans to place 60 second television ads in New York City markets.

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Family Members to Launch National Media Campaign
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CONTACT: Edith Lutnick (212) 294-7852

September 11th Families to Hold News Conference to Announce National Campaign Urging Change of Current Memorial Plan at Ground Zero

New York, NY, January 23, 2007 – Families of the victims of the September 11th attacks will hold a press conference in Lower Manhattan to unveil a national media campaign to educate and alert the American people about the current plan for the memorial at Ground Zero, estimated to cost $500 million. The leaders of major family groups and representatives of uniformed services personnel will announce the launch of a national grassroots outreach campaign protesting the refusal by the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and its chairman, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, to acknowledge the individual dignity of the 2,979 people who died in the attacks of 2001 and 1993. Family members will announce a new website and screen a 60 second television ad which will begin appearing markets in New York City.