"The World Trade Center site remains a target of interest among terrorists, so the security has to be robust and relentless," Burlingame said in a phone interview. "There's a big price tag on that.
"Would we like to be able to say this is free? Absolutely," Burlingame added. But she called it "irresponsible to hope that year after year we have donations that will cover an expense like security."
So to honor the victims and personally reflect on the tragedy, we are indirectly funneling massive amounts of disposable income to more security (already an albatross in a city like NYC) and NYPD overtime.
Great way to honor families and victims!
That's a price I am unwilling to pay and I will not send a dime to this museum. The web provides more than enough opportunity to honor and reflect. Too many domestic tax dollars are already lost in unaccountable budgets for homeland security and general surveillance in this country.
If someone, anyone thought that this embarrassing admission fee for this museum (a price tag outraging the families of the deceased) would be a bad idea, it would have never moved forward.
A little forward thinking is all that was needed.
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