Families Applaud Candidates’ Plans To Visit Ground Zero

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Family members of people killed at the World Trade Center seven years ago said yesterday the decision by senators Obama and McCain to appear together at ground zero on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is a welcome gesture of respect.

“I think it’s a wonderful thing,” Sally Regenhard, whose son Christian, was killed at the trade center, said. “I assume that they’re coming down here to pay respects to the people who lost their lives and to really affirm the fact that this is sacred ground for America.”

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