Some critics are now directing their ire at the 9/11 memorial planned for the World Trade Center site in New York City.

With construction on the memorial about to begin, a group said to include 9/11 family members, several hundred police officers, union people, firefighters and emergency workers, protested at Ground Zero on Feb. 28 against an underground memorial that will display the names of the 9/11 victims. Some called the underground locale disrespectful.

The ?EUR??,,????'??Take Back the Memorial?EUR??,,????'?? group (takebackthememorial.com) is campaigning against an underground memorial and objecting to what it says is the Port Authority?EUR??,,????'???s ?EUR??,,????'??wishes to retain a waiver that allows it to not meet New York City building and fire codes.?EUR??,,????'?? The web site asserts the Port Authority has ?EUR??,,????'??resisted calls by the Uniformed Firefighters Association for the FDNY?EUR??,,????'???s Chief of Department to conduct a safety review of the memorial plans.?EUR??,,????'??

The situation recalls last year?EUR??,,????'???s complaints about the Flight 93 memorial planned for Shanksville, Pa. In that case, some felt a crescent-shaped tree-planting resembled the crescent moon sometimes used as a Muslim symbol.

The Lower Manhattan Development Corp., an appointed 13-member panel that chose the New York memorial design, reports the memorial and museum will have 15 exits, including emergency stairwells.