The group was started by blogger Robert Shurbet and inspired by Debra Burlingame , sister of Charles " Chic " Burlingame III , captain of American Airlines Flight 77 which was crashed into the Pentagon . TBTM 's mission is to monitor and to protest distractions of the proposed World Trade Center and 9/11 memorials from the events of that particular place and time . __ NOTOC __ Take Back the Memorial protested the placement of the International Freedom Center ( IFC ) at the World Trade Center site . The group argued that the proposed historical exhibits , including some critical of previous American policies , could have been viewed by visitors as justification for the attacks . IFC backers defended the historical exhibits on the basis of what it called balance . TBTM believed that the memorial should not include any precursor events to the attacks . Burlingame wrote an op-ed in the '' Wall Street Journal '' entitled '' The Great Ground-Zero Heist '' advocating this . On September 28 , 2005 , Governor George Pataki ended plans to include the IFC at the World Trade Center site
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