I went to the WTC yesterday, and was so annoyed...

shelzyp Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:24 PM

I went to the WTC yesterday, and was so annoyed...

There were people selling things, like shirts, and picture books there. I felt that was so distasteful, for them to make a profit off of such a tragedy.

And the worst part was that there was a few of them, on thier cell phone the entire time.

BMD'sPeanut Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:29 PM

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They've been doing that since they opened the streets back up down there.

Stacey1403 Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:30 PM

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What is worse than that is the people who buy them

shelzyp Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:32 PM

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They keep bothering you, over and over.

And the fact that there are signs prohibiting the sale of anything within a certain amount of feet, and it is not enforced.

peeweesgirl Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:34 PM

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Why isn't anyone doing anything?? If it has been going on since the day they opened the streets back up obviously they know(if we here on LIW) Know .

Maribelle7777 Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:34 PM

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The city is going to re-establish their vendors regulations so that no vendors can sell X amount of feet from the WTC site.

The regs expired a year or so ago.

shelzyp Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:35 PM

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But in the mean time, these disrespectful, sub humans can profit off of this, it really sickens me!!!!

Sage10.03 Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:36 PM

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Posted by Stacey1403

What is worse than that is the people who buy them

Couldn't agree more!

september2004 Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:53 PM

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it is actually now way 'better' than it was before. i work downtown, and there used to be many more vendors right after the attacks when the streets reopened. it has calmed down a bit... 'USA - anything to make a buck', sad but true...

shelzyp Posted: Mar 08, 2004 04:55 PM

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One person is too many IMO. This was the first time I was done there.

janwinterbridejoy Posted: Mar 08, 2004 05:50 PM

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the tourists buy them they want to feel like there walking away with a memory of the trade center. i wish i could give them some of my memories if they want some so badly!!

karen32 Posted: Mar 08, 2004 06:14 PM

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what is worse than the vendors IMO is the tourists who treat the site like it was an amusement park. the lack of respect that people show has always baffled me.

Mary Posted: Mar 08, 2004 06:58 PM

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It is pretty disguisting. My husband works downtown and was in the middle of all of it on 9/11. Once, he saw a teenage girl posing like a model (laying on her side, hand on hip, etc.) by Ground Zero. I can't even find words to describe how angry that made me, such total lack of respect for a horrific event.

djkatscan Posted: Mar 08, 2004 07:04 PM

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I went down there only 11 days after it happened and there were people (not near the site, but on the way down there) selling keychains with a drawn pic of the towers in flames with a plane flying into the other one. Very distasteful.

sarahthegreat Posted: Mar 08, 2004 07:48 PM

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Posted by djkatscan

I went down there only 11 days after it happened and there were people (not near the site, but on the way down there) selling keychains with a drawn pic of the towers in flames with a plane flying into the other one. Very distasteful.

How do those people live with themselves?? It disgusts me!