“The museum could have gone six days without asking for money.” “These people are suffering, and they don’t need to be reaching into their pockets,” Feal said. The museum opens to the public Wednesday. Those free visits will continue through Tuesday. FDNY toy vehicle set: $14.99 Sue Edelmanīut Feal blasted the store’s opening Thursday, when only 9/11 relatives, rescuers and recovery workers were invited to visit. John Feal, a Ground Zero demolition supervisor who runs the FealGood Foundation for ailing 9/11 responders, said he understands the need to raise money for costs, including six-figure salaries for execs like CEO Joe Daniels, who takes in $378,000. Heart-shaped rocks inscribed with slogans such as “United in Hope” and “Honor.” One rock bears a quote by Virgil that is emblazoned on a massive blue-tiled wall in the museum: “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” It costs $39.A leaf ornament molded from the swamp white oaks at the memorial is said to change from amber to dark brown “and sometimes pink around the time of the 9/11 anniversary.” Made of bronze and freshwater pearls, a pair costs $64. “Survivor Tree” earrings, named after a pear tree that stood in the World Trade Center plaza and survived 9/11.Another depicts “lunchtime on the WTC Plaza.” They go for $95 each. Silk scarves printed with 1986 photos by Paula Barr, including a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline. The pullover, like other “Darkness” items, bears the words “In Darkness We Shine Brightest.” Price: $39. A black and white “Darkness Hoodie” printed with an image of the Twin Towers.Diane Horning, 9/11 victim's motherĪmong the museum shop’s specially designed items: I think it’s a money-making venture to support inflated salaries, and they’re willing to do it over my son’s dead body. “I think it’s a money-making venture to support inflated salaries, and they’re willing to do it over my son’s dead body.” To sell baubles I find quite shocking and repugnant,” said Horning, who also objects to the museum cafe. “Here is essentially our tomb of the unknown. She and husband Kurt never recovered the remains of their son Matthew, 26, a database administrator for Marsh & McLennan and an aspiring guitarist.Ībout 8,000 unidentified body parts are now stored out of sight in a “remains repository” at the museum’s underground home. “To me, it’s the crassest, most insensitive thing to have a commercial enterprise at the place where my son died,” Diane Horning said. Sue EdelmanĮven FDNY vests for dogs come in all sizes.Īfter paying $24 admission for adults, $18 for seniors and students, and $15 for kids 7 to 17, visitors can shop till they drop. You can pick up an assortment of oak leaf jewelry at the 9/11 museum gift shop. There are bracelets, bowls, buttons, mugs, mousepads, magnets, key chains, flags, pins, stuffed animals, toy firetrucks, cellphone cases, tote bags, books and DVDs. For example: FDNY, NYPD and Port Authority Police T-shirts ($22) and caps ($19.95) earrings molded from leaves and blossoms of downtown trees ($20 to $68) cop and firefighter charms by Pandora and other jewelers ($65) “United We Stand” blankets. The 9/11 museum’s cavernous boutique offers a vast array of souvenir goods. It pays heart-wrenching tribute to the innocents and heroes killed that day. The museum at Ground Zero tells the dark story of the 9/11 terror attacks with spectacular artifacts and exhibits. 'Right good!': Three Americans recall their visits with Queen Elizabeth Ukrainian soldiers tour World Trade Center on way to Super Bowl honors Don’t fault Daniel Penny for trying to save others like the heroes on United 93
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