Staten Island's monument to World Trade Center victims has been vandalized for a third time in four years."Ewwww! Troll bogeys!"
The "Postcards" memorial contains 274 plaques that honor Staten Islanders who perished in the 1993 and 2001 terrorist attacks on the trade center.
It was attacked by some sort of mindless malevolence that wore a human costume...
Officials say five granite plaques were torn off recently, leaving gaping spaces in the soaring sculpture. The damage was detected this week. No arrests have been made.
Evil prefers the night, though it'll settle for the day if it thinks it can get away with it...
Borough President James Molinaro says the names of the victims whose plaques were removed will not be released. Molinaro says the missing plaques will be replaced in time for this year's 9/11 service at the site.
| Update at 0030 ET: this article says that the missing plaques were removed for maintenance, not due to vandalism. |
Julie Wood, a spokesperson for the city Economic Development Corp. (EDC), said the agency removed the plaques to fix cracks and other damage ahead of this year's 9/11 anniversary.
"There was no new vandalism incident at all," said Ms. Wood.