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Article: Pa. will pay for patrols at crash site: Gov. Rendell announced a $120,000 grant but gave few details. He aimed to settle a dispute over a donation box.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- June 13, 2007
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Byline: Amy Worden
Jun. 13--HARRISBURG -- Seeking to resolve a dispute over a donation box at the Flight 93 memorial site, Gov. Rendell said yesterday the state would cover the cost of security for two years at the crash site.
Rendell, speaking at a news conference in the Capitol, said the $120,000 grant would pay for security to patrol the future site of the national park commemorating the lives lost there on 9/11.
The flap erupted when a landowner earlier this month decided to seek cash donations for security costs by putting a box at the temporary memorial overlooking the crash site in Shanksville, Somerset County.
The move outraged ...