Michael Stumpf said:
It is tacky. We do build tourism markets off of horrible events (Gettysburg, Peshtigo), but usually have the tact to wait a few decades for the feeling to subside....
I think it is sad that it would be America's County, but then again, people wanted parts of the space shuttle when it blew up a few months ago.
York county is the home of the first capital and Philly is the birth place of freedom, this county has nothing special, other than this happened to be where the plane crashed, and the minors got trapped. What about all the minors in Upper Michigan who have died? Or what about on the grounds of the world trade center, or the pentagon. They have all had the same fate. I think this ranks up there with televised executions for ratings. Truly sad.
Gettysburg, that was tragic, but we look at it as part of our nation’s history, because it was know as the turning point in the civil war. Peshtigo, ah... they had a fire... I am not sure how that is truly a tourism thing, since San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta, have all burned, and rebuilt, and there it talk of it, but limited tourism activities.
