New York governor George Pataki has canceled plans for a “freedom center” as part of the World Trade Center site redevelopment. “Pataki initially said the state would help the International Freedom Center find another home, but center officials said they weren’t interested and considered the project dead. The decision followed months of acrimony, with some Sept. 11 families and politicians saying that such a museum would overshadow and take space from a separate memorial devoted to the 2,749 World Trade Center dead and would dishonor them by fostering debate about the attacks and other world events.”