Families reach deal with Mayor over 9/11 anniversary

Relatives of World Trade Centre victims upset by plans to move this year’s September 11 commemoration away from ground zero have agreed a deal with New York’s mayor Michael Bloomberg, allowing them to mourn at the site where their loved ones perished.

Bloomberg said he met the families yesterday and agreed to their proposal that they be allowed to descend briefly into the seven-storey pit that was the trade centre’s foundation to pay their respects.