Let feds run museum: pol

Congressman Max Rose is calling on the federal government to take over the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum over its cancellation of live name-reading and fumbling the Tribute in Light — which he called a slap in the face to 9/11 families.

The Democrat from Staten Island, which lost more than 300 residents in the WTC attacks, fired off a missive to National Parks Service acting Director Margaret Everson Saturday requesting a sit-down to discuss “any and all measures the federal government — and your department — can take to safeguard the memory of the victims.”

The Memorial and Museum made worldwide headlines last month when it announced the iconic 9/11 light display — twin beams of light rising near the former footprint of the

Twin Towers — would be scrapped due to coronavirus concerns. President and CEO Alice Greenwald said the Tribute in Light required a large crew to pull off and the health risks “were far too great.”

The decision came after the museum was heavily criticized for canceling the in-person reading of 9/11 victims’ names at the upcoming 19th anniversary commemoration. Instead, the memorial will play a pre-recorded reading of victim names.

Management of the Memorial must be changed from its current private foundation to the feds to ensure that “an affront of this magnitude does not happen again,” he wrote.

Facing mounting outrage over its decision to cancel the Tribute in Light, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum ultimately backed down and agreed to stage the beloved display on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.