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9/11 Victim’s Name Misspelled On Just-Opened Memorial
By: adminTuesday, September 13th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Last Sunday, on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the brand new memorial dedicated to the victims was officially opened in Manhattan.
The memorial features 2,983 names in bronze panels, all encasing 30-foot waterfalls. It’s a truly inspiring piece of design.
But one family has an issue with the memorial, as they discovered on Sunday that the name of their loved one had been misspelled on the memorial.
Jeffrey Schreier was one of 658 people from the brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald to die in the WTC attacks. When his sister found his name on the memorial on Sunday, she saw that it read “Jeffery” instead of “Jeffrey.” The second E and the R had been switched.
Schreier’s brother-in-law David Hart had this to say, as reported by MSNBC:
“As I was looking at the name, all of a sudden, I realized this name was not quite spelled correctly.”
“You feel as though Jeffrey’s soul is now looking down and saying, ‘Can’t you get my name right?’”
The spokesman for the memorial has indicated that they are working to correct the error.
I can surely understand how an error like this could affect a grieving family. In a memorial with nearly 3,000 names, I wonder if there are any other errors that have yet to be discovered.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11 Memorial, NYC
November 4th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Jefrey is not looking down or concerned about the spelling of his name. because if there is a heaven then there is a god and if there was a god, this would not have happend.
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September 19th, 2011 at 8:01 am
How can i obtained a free ticket to the memorial. Thanks.
September 16th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I hope that Jeffrey is looking down and saying what a lovely memorial and seeing how sad poeople are – still – that he and others lost their lives in a pointless act of violence. The mistake will be corrected and I am sure it will be done well.
September 13th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
While watching the lovely memorial, I had that thought. I pray’d all would be right. They need to make it right even if they have to tear down an entire part just to fix .. sounds as if they will. Then, a mistake will be okay as we are all human. God bless Jeffery.