Ground Zero Lourdes

Here’s a horribly fascinating Breslin column about how Ground Zero at the old WTC site is becoming just another tawdry spiritual tourist site, ala Lourdes, with all the crappy associated knicknacks:
All were looking closely at my special GROUND ZERO baseball cap. It came to my attention through the advertising pages of the American Mortician, the magazine of the burial and grief industry. It was being offered by Grave Novelties, located next to the florist stand in the center of the many cemeteries of Cypress Hills in Queens.

The cap was black, with the GROUND ZERO logo. By pressing a tiny button on the underside of the beak, an outline of a votive candle appeared and the candlelight flickered across the face of the cap. The word REMEMBRANCE appeared at the base of the candle.