In an interview with my downstate counterpart, Errol Louis, Mayor Bloomberg defended his decision not to let elected officials deliver extended remarks at the 10th anniversary commemoration of 9/11 Sunday,
insisting families of the victims «don't need political lectures.»
While there are claims in some quarters that the school and
families of the
victims parted with millions
of naira as ransom, the police
insisted that their freedom was due to pressure mounted on the kidnappers.