NEW YORK, NY August 12, 2007 —This year's September 11th anniversary commemoration will be the final time that victims' families will be able to descend into the ground zero pit, according to Mayor Bloomberg.

The mayor this week reached an agreement with some victims' families who were upset by the city's plan to hold this year's ceremony at a nearby park because of ongoing construction at the Trade Center site. The mayor approved the families' proposal that they descend single file into the pit this year, stopping only briefly to touch bedrock.

Attorney Norman Siegel, who represented the relatives in the dispute, says some families are still hoping to walk on the land in future years. He says the families will wait until after this year's ceremony to decide on a course of action.