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Article: Associated Press; NEW YORK - Relatives of Sept. 11 [Derived headline]
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- Burlington County Times
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- July 29, 2007
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By Colleen Long
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Relatives of Sept. 11, 2001, victims are threatening to hold their own anniversary ceremony to commemorate the attacks unless city and state officials reverse their decision to move the event out of ground zero.
"As America watches the memorial service on Sept. 11, 2007, we are sure that they will agree that this event should take place at the real and sacred location," 11 leaders of Sept. 11 family groups wrote in a letter released yesterday. They also questioned how thousands of mourners would be able to fit into Zuccotti Park, southeast of ground zero. The park covers about three-quarters of an acre.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Mayor Michael ...