9/11 Victim’s Name Misspelled on Memorial
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Jeffrey Schreier was included in the bronze-etched memorial as "Jeffery Schreier."
Family members of a 9/11 victim found a painful tribute to their loved one at the new 9/11 memorial Sunday: the victim’s name was spelled wrong.
Jeffrey Schreier, who worked as a mail clerk at Cantor Fitzgerald, was included in the bronze-etched memorial at the World Trade Center site as “Jeffery Schreier,” with the “E” and the “R” in his first name reversed.
His sister, Janice Hart, and her husband, David Hart, were horrified, according to a report on MSNBC.com.
“You feel as though Jeffrey’s soul is now looking down and saying, ‘Can’t you get my name right?’” David Hart told the website.
Michael Frazier, spokesman for the 9/11 memorial, said the mistake would be fixed within days.
“We regret an error was made by reversing two letters in Jeffrey H. Schreier’s name while entering it into our verification database, and we are extremely sorry for the pain this mistake has caused Jeffrey’s family,” Frazier wrote in an email. “As soon as we found out about this error we began working on how to make it right and we’re engaged with our fabricators, contractors and the architect to do so,” Frazier said in a statement.
There was no definite time frame or cost estimate for the fix at this time, he said.
The Harts did not return calls for comment.
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Everyone makes mistakes. It’s just a name. Get over it. At least he IS there.
Posted by: UNKNOWNUSER | September 13, 2011, 4:14 pm 4:14 pm
“Horrified” is the reaction by family? Really? Horrified would describe the event that led to the memorial’s creation. It was human error and is being fixed. Focus on the real tragedy.
Posted by: nonamegiven | September 13, 2011, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm
Why should they be shocked and horrified for heaven’s sake??? Mistakes happen, It will be fixed. Why make this a news story???? COme on are you hard up for some???
Posted by: Retired | September 13, 2011, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm
Oh please. Fix it and move on. Now everybody is going to act like the dang world is comming to an end. Stuff like this almost make you want to say get over it. People need to stop playing the victim roll at every little mistake.
Posted by: k lilly | September 13, 2011, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm
Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Thankfully this one can be easily fixed. Like UNKNOWNUSER said, Horrified would describe the event that led to the memorial’s creation.
Posted by: Potatotime | September 13, 2011, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm
I knew they’d get at least one name wrong. Nothing against the designers and fabricators, it’s just a shame.
Posted by: wildblueyondergoAF | September 13, 2011, 5:35 pm 5:35 pm
What is the matter with you people? This is a terrible mistake and shouldn’t have happened. Of course when college kids today write papers with LOL and smiley faces, what more than a get-over-it response can we expect. It is extremely CRITICAL to check every name and word when printing something. I watched the memorial being built and KNEW this would happen. I’m surprised they’ve only found one error and happy it can be fixed. At the very least his name should have been spelled right, and his family shouldn’t have been the ones to have to catch it.
Posted by: kim | September 13, 2011, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm
Seriously, Kim. Its a name. These people are probably building a case so they can sue. Thats the problem with the world today. Everyone is trying to get rich quick. Numbers and letters get transposed all the time. We are not a perfect species. If Jeffrey’s sister gets that upset over a named being misspelled maybe she should stay at home in her bubble. Its her brother she should be thinking about and the fact that he and the others will always be remembered in our hearts. Get over it.
Posted by: cassie | September 13, 2011, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
If you were so sure it was going to happen why didn’t you volunteer to proof-read all the names to make sure they were correct.
Posted by: cassie | September 13, 2011, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm
Seriously! People are going to overshadown a day to remember the loss of their loved ones with outrage over a slight mispelling of a name. No one had to build that memorial! In fact, they could have used the money that was put into building it to go towards all of the emergency responders that are suffering from cancer and other diseases to live their life, and I bet them and their families would be very greatful for it.
Posted by: NJB | September 13, 2011, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm
awesome that is great i mean really people check ur spelling!!!
Posted by: unnown | September 13, 2011, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm
I feel the pain of the victims, BUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE DONATED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF MAN HOURS WERE GIVEN TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE ON TIME FOR THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY. This memorial is amazing. Almost three thousand names, and hundreds of thousands of characters made this up. One character out of place is worth disrespecting all the hard work that went in to this. The family should have realized this mistake will be fixed immediately at a cost of thousands. Making this a news story is a spit in the face of everyone who worked so hard to memorialize your loved one.
Posted by: Matt | September 13, 2011, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm
I’m horrifed over the way this woman is carrying on! Geez! I listened to the names being read and saw them shown on the TV. Some of them were doozies. It’s amazing only one name was misspelled. I applaud the people who worked tirelessly to build this extrardinary monument. While I can understand being “disappointed,” I think the sister and family are over WAY over-reacting if they are horrified. Come ON! As so many have said in this post, mistakes happen. We’re human. And this mistake is one that CAN and WILL be corrected. 9/11 wasn’t a mistake. It was an evil orchestrated vicious act. Be horrifed over that, lady. And be proud that your precious loved one will be honored forever in this beautiful way. Have some class, and respect what was given to you and your family. MOVE ON!!!!
Posted by: Unknown | September 13, 2011, 9:01 pm 9:01 pm
If you watched the documentary on the making of this memorial you would know how carefully they did check the names. It was a painstaking process with respect and reverence given the whole time. Get real people “Jeffery”vs. “Jeffrey”? If you really want to get to brass tacks it was the parents that decided to spell it out of the norm that spelled it “wrong”. Did they pronounce it Jeff-RAY? This is another case of stinking media blowing things out of proportion.
Posted by: Brad | September 13, 2011, 10:41 pm 10:41 pm
@Brad Actually Jeffrey is the most common spelling in the U.S. very few people spell it Jeffery
I do agree that this should just be corrected quietly and isn’t news worthy, but lets not blame anyone. It was a mistake and mistakes happen.
Posted by: Jeffrey | September 14, 2011, 7:55 am 7:55 am
I feel for the family, as it must have been a disappointment for them on such a difficult day but the apology was quite clearly sincere and we ought to also spare a thought for those working on this project. Many of those that worked day in and day out on this, worked on it after losing loved ones themselves, how awful must it have been to cope with that whilst working on it and let’s face it the road leading up to it was also filled with controversy. And as for this so called journalism, Do they not think that all these people that dedicated thier time to this, didn’t understand the sensitivity of it and also want it absolutely right? Do they really think they were careless or wanted something that was supposed to be good, and for something that was to at least try to provide some ounce of closure for those families that had nothing to put to rest have this horrid grey cloud put over it? Come on what are the journalists playing at here. Enough really is enough. Correct it and Leave this memorial in peace as it should be. Those poor people who died there have been through enough and so have the families that have to read these articles. Leave them alone and back off.
Posted by: anonymous | September 14, 2011, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm
The Pennsylvania Monument in Gettysburg PA has 35,000 names on it. They started making name corrections the day after the monument was dedicated in 1910. Guess when they finished?
Trick question. They’re STILL making corrections. Corrections of names, ranks, arrangement – additions, deletions, etc. It never ends.
The moral: mistakes happen. Humans were involved. It’s a shame, but it wasn’t deliberate. The creators of the monument are correcting the mistake. So what’s the story?
Posted by: SKR | September 14, 2011, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm