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That the number of people who voluntarily checked off the box on their tax forms to contribute to the 911 fund had dropped off to 15,000 last year. It seems that once we've flown the flag, bought the FDNY t-shirt, shaved our heads, bought a gun and slapped ribbon magnets on the car we really aren't that scarred by the experience. Even people I know who live and work down there, who own businesses that were interrupted don't really have the time or the inclination to imagine themselves in a music video about the heroic efforts of a few people 6 years ago. And to be fair, the actual site looks more like an atomic power plant under contruction than anything intended to inspire awe. I'm sure it will be a servicable film - probably 45 minutes too long and there will be more tv news people outside the theater than inside watching it and Mr. Stone will eventually say something cryptic and stupid about how it's really all our own fault anyway. Or something like that.
