| 9/11 memorial site owner wants $10 million from victims' families RAW STORY
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The owner of the site of land where a 9/11 memorial is planned to mark the site that Flight 93 crashed is seeking $10 million from victims' families, according to wire reports.
Mike Svonavec also "installed a donation box to help pay for security," the Associated Press reports.
"That land has been paid for with 40 lives ... the donation box is an insult to that cost," Patrick White, vice president for Families of Flight 93, told the AP.
Excerpts from AP article:
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Svonavec wants $10 million for his 273-acre property in Somerset County, far more than the per-acre amount paid for nearby land, White said Tuesday. He said Svonavec told him about his asking price last July, and that he has rejected three offers from the group — the latest for more than $500,000.
"I think Svonavec believes his land, because it has the blood of my cousin and 39 other people, it's worth more," he said.
Svonavec said he wants fair market value for the parcel and he would accept no money for the exact site where 40 passengers and crew members died when the hijacked United Airlines flight crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. He declined to comment on the $10 million figure.
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The following video is from CNN's American Morning, broadcast on June 7.
Originally published on Thursday June 7, 2007.
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