Jul 13, 2014

9/11 Museum Gift Shop Scores With Sales of ‘Heart Rocks’By Susan EdelmanNYPost.com

New York, NY – The 9/11 Museum gift shop is cashing in on souvenir sales — particularly “heart rocks,” which are selling faster than they can be restocked.

Available in various sizes, the rocks bear words such as “United in Hope,” “Remember” and “Honor.” The largest one, priced at $39, has the Virgil quote, “No day shall erase you from the memory of time,” which is inscribed on a museum wall in front of an unseen repository with unidentified human remains from the September 11 terror attacks.

Last week, the rocks had sold out from the gift shop’s display cases.

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