British stag party cause outrage by taking 'selfies with blow-up sex doll' at 9/11 Ground Zero memorial
'That is sacred ground, I lost my husband and I don't even know what to say'
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A group of men on a stag-do has caused outrage after they allegedly took selfies with a blow-up sex doll at Ground Zero, the memorial to the 9/11 attacks on New York.
One member of the group, who are said to be British, reportedly said it was “just a bachelor party” when asked what they were doing.
The incident occurred just days before the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
Rosanne Hughes, 61, from the New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation, lost her husband Thomas F. Hughes Jnr. in the attacks.
She told MailOnline if she saw the stag party in person she would say “shame on you”.
“I'm speechless. I don't even have any words for that – that's a disgrace. That is sacred ground, I lost my husband and I don't even know what to say. It's disgusting,” Mrs Hughes said.
“We hear things like this and I honestly think it's disgraceful to take selfies of anybody there laughing and smiling when they haven't lived the life we've lived for 15 years and the people we've lost.”
The group were asked to leave the memorial site by a police officer, and apparently replied with “no comment” to any further questions, MailOnline reported.
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