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New York City firefighters said they are they cannot go to this year’s 9/11 ceremony. The terror happened ten years , so this is the 10th anniversary. The city mayor's office said there was not space for the firefighters or other rescue . A of 343 firefighters and 60 police officers died day. Religious leaders are also that there will be no prayers at the ceremony. Instead, there will be poetry . One newspaper said it was a religious ceremony, but the religion.

New York’s firefighters said they're disappointed by the . They told reporters they were not on that day in 2001 either, but thousands went and their job, and many died or were . Firefighter spokesman Steve Cassidy explained the disappointment, : "We were there on 9/11, we there in the weeks and that followed....We've got hundreds and of firefighters who are [because] of their service. And yet, [they ] invite firefighters who were there that day."