RSS9-11 families upset over Obama Guantanamo decision
Carolyn Hileman - The Voice | January 26, 2009
NEW YORK – Three families of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, want to meet with President Barack Obama to urge him to reverse his decision to suspend the trial of five detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who admit roles in the terror attacks.
In a meeting with reporters at their attorney’s office on Sunday, the families deplored what they called “delays and confusion” in the former Bush administration’s effort to prosecute suspects in the 2001 attacks, which killed about 3,000 people, saying they want “a firm commitment” that the same process won’t continue under Obama.
“Seven and a half years is a very long time for 3,000 families to wait,” said Maureen Santora, whose son was among the 343 firefighters killed when the twin towers collapsed after being struck by two hijacked jetliners.
Nearly 2,800 people were killed at the World Trade Center, another 184 when a third hijacked jetliner struck the Pentagon, and 40 when a fourth plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pa. The totals don’t include the 19 hijackers.
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