Opposition to Mamdani’s 9/11 remembrance was painful to witness | Francine Prose
My husband and I were at JFK, boarding a plane to San Francisco. Our two sons were home in lower Manhattan, a block away from my 85-year-old mother. They watched the towers fall from our corner.
- ▪My husband and I were at JFK, boarding a plane to San Francisco.
- ▪Our two sons were home in lower Manhattan, a block away from my 85-year-old mother.
- ▪They watched the towers fall from our corner.
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| Original publisher | The Guardian — US |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/15/zohran-mamdani-9-11-ceremony-petition-islamophobia |
| Publication time | Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:00:45 GMT |
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‘Mostly I recall the tenderness with which people in the city treated one another.’ Photograph: Hiroko Masuike/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘Mostly I recall the tenderness with which people in the city treated one another.’ Photograph: Hiroko Masuike/ReutersOpinionSeptember 11 2001Opposition to Mamdani’s 9/11 remembrance was painful to witnessFrancine ProseA petition against the mayor’s presence reeked of Islamophobia – and ran counter to the sense of togetherness that followed the attacksTue 15 Sep 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 15 Sep 2026 10.01 EDTShareEveryone who was in New York on 11 September 2001 has their 9/11 story. My husband and I were at JFK, boarding a plane to San Francisco. Our two sons were home in lower Manhattan, a block away from my 85-year-old mother.
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