Opposition to Mamdani’s 9/11 remembrance was painful to witness | Francine Prose

A petition against the mayor’s presence reeked of Islamophobia – and ran counter to the sense of togetherness that followed the attacksEveryone 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. They watched the towers fall from our corner. The weather was r…