Kids throw garbage in Sept. 11 memorial pool
Associated Press
Learning to ignore bad children and parenting is a painful but worthwhile endeavor, though it retards the advancement of civilization.
Despite my zen, I’m not sure I could have turned the other cheek if I’d observed junior high students tossing garbage into the reflecting pool at the September 11 Memorial in New York City.
Fox News reports one of the kids was detained by police for having bullets in his pockets.
“These kids just need to be educated about what happened there,” said New Yorker Anthoula Kastinatides, whose brother died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The kids were on a summer field trip with a Brooklyn public school. New York’s school chancellor said the students who threw garbage into the memorial, which opened Sept. 11, 2011, in Lower Manhattan, may be punished. The kid that had ammunition faces a police investigation.
And who knows, maybe a parent will get involved?
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118 comments Add your comment
Gollahon1956
June 26th, 2012
4:11 pm
It must be one of Booze Hounds disrespectful children,What a douchebag you are, But what can you expect from that name. Losers just like the kids.
Tony
June 26th, 2012
4:17 pm
Not Surprised. What a redneck thing to say. I live in New York and it is by far a much safer city than Atlanta and most other US cities.
Ignunce Multiplied
June 26th, 2012
4:18 pm
The kids KNOW what happened there. They simply don’t care. We have “raised” a generation of kids who only believe in their own self-esteem, that there is no such thing as truth, that if it’s good for you it’s good for everybody, and they have no sense of right and wrong. Same thing as these stupid high school kids vandalizing everything in sight and calling it a prank. Jail time for everybody!
PD
June 26th, 2012
4:18 pm
Booze Hound should reconsider his remark of “Who Cares”. We all should!!
PD
June 26th, 2012
4:19 pm
Should Care that is.
creative
June 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
Itworked …It’s Zeus’ uglier less intelligent brother. You don’t here about him all that much. He hooked up with Achilles and if you thought the Edwards affair was a scandal, this had the Roman’s in the bathhouses gossiping like JV cheerleaders. Urinal…Look away, I am hideous!!!
KevinZ
June 26th, 2012
4:39 pm
How can a kid bring bullets into the Memorial. You have to go through a metal detector.
Chill out people: Was it litter or garbage?
June 26th, 2012
4:40 pm
“Garbage” implies they were tossing hefty bags or emptying a dumpster or trash can full of rotten vegetables and soiled diapers into the reflecting pool. Litter would mean they threw their cheeseburger wrapper in there. The story ‘Teens Trash 9/11 memorial’ in reality is two kids were kicked out because they threw some litter in there. The over-hyped story here makes it sound like some trash-orgy caused them to have to drain and refill the fountain. Disrespectful? Sure. Is this behavior surprising from teenagers? No. Is this worthy of national news? No.
DRM
June 26th, 2012
4:45 pm
I was very disappointed when I took my family to view the Memorial over Christmas and many people were acting as though it was a carnival site-laughing, horsing around etc. I expected visitors to show some level of respect. Very sad.
creative
June 26th, 2012
4:48 pm
I agree. It’s about as news worthy of the ajc story on a woman who hurt her back while tubing on Lake Lanier. I kid you not. It was in the online version today. Actually here it is.
http://www.ajc.com/news/woman-hurt-in-lanier-1460666.html