The annual light display honoring victims of 9/11 in New York City will go on after all, organizers say, after concerns about workers' safety during the pandemic threatened to cancel the tribute.
"In the last 24 hours we’ve had conversations with many interested parties and believe we will be able to stage the tribute in a safe and appropriate fashion," said Alice M. Greenwald, president and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, in a statement.
Cuomo said the pandemic would not stop the tribute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. "The state will provide health personnel to supervise to make sure the event is held safely while at the same time properly honoring 9/11," he said in a statement.“Throughout my tenure as Mayor the Tribute in Light was a powerful symbol of New York’s recovery after 911," Bloomberg said in a statement."I am pleased that once again it will shine this year as a beacon of our city’s resilience.
In July, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum told supporters in a letter that an annual ceremony in which names of the victims are read would beOn Thursday a museum spokesman, citing the safety of workers, told it initially planned to eschew the annual lights in favor of an alternative display that would include blue lighting for select buildings in Manhattan.it was"doing everything in its power to make sure that the Towers of Light will once again be illuminated."Jay Varela and The Associated Press
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