Statue

[PhilCooper@webtv.net (P C)]

"A controversial bronze statue planned for (New York) Fire Department
headquarters was scrapped yesterday after angry protests from
firefighters. The statue was based on a photograph of three white
firefighters raising an American flag amid the World Trade Center
rubble. But the artist hired to cast the $180,000 statue used one black,
one Latino and one white fireman, prompting firefighters to accuse the
FDNY of abandoning historical accuracy for political correctness. 'We
heard the reaction of the firefighters, and we decided to take another
look at it,' Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta told the Daily News." 
- New York Daily News, 1/18/02