Good News on the Flight 93 Memorial

A few days ago I shared a post called Islam Crescent in 9/11 Memorial and we got some good feedback on that.  Today I read on Michelle Malkin's blog that the Flight 93 Memorial Design Will Be Altered.  Yeah!

However, Michelle reminds us that the controversy isn't over yet.  Here is part of her very important post.

WASHINGTON - The architect of the memorial to a plane downed in western Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, said Wednesday he would work to satisfy critics who complained that it honors terrorists with its crescent-shaped design.

Designer Paul Murdoch said he is "somewhat optimistic" that the spirit of the design could be maintained.

"It's a disappointment there is a misinterpretation and a simplistic distortion of this, but if that is a public concern, then that is something we will look to resolve in a way that keeps the essential qualities," Murdoch, 48, of Los Angeles, said in a telephone interview.

Good.

The controversy, however, is not over. Some are insisting that the "topography of the land" dictates that the crescent remain. But several other finalists did not use a crescent or arc in their plans. Murdoch should give them a call.

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