{
  "id": 7565435,
  "title": "Opposition to Mamdani’s 9/11 remembrance was painful to witness | Francine Prose",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/opposition-to-mamdanis-9-11-remembrance-was-painful-to-witness",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T14:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/15/zohran-mamdani-9-11-ceremony-petition-islamophobia"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A petition against the mayor’s presence reeked of Islamophobia – and ran counter to the sense of togetherness that followed the attacks Everyone who was in New York on 11 September 2001 has their 9/11 story. My husband and I were at JFK, boarding a plane to San Francisco. Our two sons were home in lower Manhattan, a block away from my 85-year-old mother. They watched the towers fall from our…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}