Staten Island’s 9/11 ‘Postcards’ monument is vandalized for 3rd time in 4 years
By APWednesday, August 18, 2010
Staten Island 9/11 ‘Postcards’ monument vandalized
NEW YORK — Staten Island’s monument to World Trade Center victims has been vandalized for a third time in four years.
The “Postcards” memorial contains 274 plaques that honor Staten Islanders who perished in the 1993 and 2001 terrorist attacks on the trade center.
Officials say five granite plaques were torn off recently, leaving gaping spaces in the soaring sculpture. The damage was detected this week. No arrests have been made.
Borough President James Molinaro says the names of the victims whose plaques were removed will not be released. Molinaro says the missing plaques will be replaced in time for this year’s 9/11 service at the site.
Last year, two memorial plates were smashed. Another was smashed and thrown in the nearby harbor in 2007.
Information from: Staten Island Advance, www.silive.com
