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9/11 Memorial backtracks on fee promise

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    The 9/11 Memorial foundation should take a look at the bloated salaries it is paying its directors before opting for making tourists pay a service fee for advance reservations.

    The 9/11 Memorial foundation, funded to the tune of $830 million, has begun nickel-and-diming visitors for ticket reservations.

    Even though the nonprofit has long vowed admission to the sacred site would be free, it is now demanding $2 per ticket for all advance reservations made online or by phone.

    Officials quietly rolled out the fee on March 1 — but it did not escape the notice of some outraged families of Sept. 11 victims.

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