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Anti-War Protestors Converge on Ground Zero
by Bob Hennelly
NEW YORK, NY September 11, 2007 —A few blocks from the official ceremony in Zuccotti Park, several hundred antiwar protestors marked the anniversary at the World Trade Center PATH station. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there.
REPORTER: It was not organized. There was a sizeable contingent of Investigate 9/11 supporters who contend that the World Trade Center was a planned pretext for the US to launch military actions. There were the Buddhist peace drummers, smaller peace groups and individuals from around the country. Carlyn Shasay came from Florida. She says she opposes the use of 9/11 for the war in Iraq.
SHASAY: The people over there have nothing to do with what is going on with the big picture on the global scale. And our votes hardly count anymore. The country can say we don't want this war and it doesn't matter.
REPORTER: Also on the scene, three triplet sisters stood on small pedestals as silent statues. Each was dressed as a World Trade Center office worker, a US soldier and an Iraqi widow shrouded in black. Each held a red satin ribbon that flowed to a common mass of red satin on the ground, symbolizing the blood spilled around the world since 9/11.
For WNYC I am Bob Hennelly.