AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Mamdani defies 9/11 families, attends Ground Zero ceremony over mourners' objections
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani showed up at the 25th anniversary 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero on Friday despite a petition signed by more than 110,000 people, and the families who lost loved ones in the Twin Towers were not shy about telling him he was unwelcome. Mourners at the memorial in Lower Manhattan […] The post Mamdani defies 9/11 families, attends Ground Zero ceremony over mourners' objections appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani showed up at the 25th anniversary 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero on Friday despite a petition signed by more than 110,000 people, and the families who lost loved ones in the Twin Towers were not shy about telling him he was unwelcome. Mourners at the memorial in Lower Manhattan told Fox News Digital they found the mayor's presence disrespectful and offensive, citing his association with streamer Hasan Piker, who once said America "deserved 9/11", and his appointment of Ramzi Kassem, an attorney who previously represented a Guantánamo detainee linked to an al Qaeda terrorist plot, as his administration's chief counsel. Walter Matuza, a Staten Island resident whose father was killed on September 11,…Open