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9/11 families scuttle disputed museum plan
Associated Press
Published September 29, 2005
NEW YORK - Responding to angry families of Sept. 11 victims, Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday removed a proposed freedom museum from the space reserved for it at ground zero, saying the project had aroused "too much opposition, too much controversy."
He left open the possibility that a new spot at the former World Trade Center site could be found for the International Freedom Center, but officials for the proposed museum said they considered the project dead.
The decision followed months of acrimony over the International Freedom Center, with Sept. 11 families and politicians saying the museum would overshadow and take space from a separate memorial devoted to the 2,749 World Trade Center dead and would dishonor them by fostering debate about the attacks and other world events.
"Freedom should unify us. This center has not," Pataki said. "We must move forward with our first priority, the creation of an inspiring memorial to pay tribute to our lost loved ones and tell their stories to the world."
Pataki said he would direct the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. to explore other locations for the center.
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