Family Upset After They Find Misspelled Name on 9/11 Memorial
- Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:29am by
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NEW YORK (The Blaze/AP) — Jeffrey Schreier is one of nearly 3,000 names engraved on the World Trade Center memorial. When family members visited the memorial on Sunday and saw his name, they were upset. Not just because of the memory it invoked, but because it was misspelled.
The family of Schreier told WNBC-TV the R and the second E in his first name were switched on the memorial. So it read ‘Jeffery’.
His sister Janice Hart says she couldn’t believe it when she saw the error Sunday, when the memorial opened to family members.
Memorial spokesman Michael Frazier tells WNBC the letters apparently were reversed when the name was entered into a database. He says memorial officials regret the error and are working on fixing it.
This image, from Schreier's tribute on Legacy.com, shows a message from his wife on the 10-year anniversary on 9/11.
Schreier worked in the mailroom at financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. His remains were never recovered.
[H/T The Detroit Free Press]
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Comments (91)
WhatsYerProblem
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:44pm“memorial officials regret the error and are working on fixing it.”
Why is this a story worthy to write – let alone read?
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:30pmjeeze. it will get fixed. quit whining about..
Report Post »The Divided States of America
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 1:59pmWhy dont u engrave ur name on ur forehead with that pistol SICKDOG ?
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:29pmI wonder if the spelling was wrong on the check the upset folks got from the taxpayers.
Report Post »princessnutsack
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:27pmGet over it. Nobody will know who the hell you are 50 years from now anyway.
Report Post »raelynn32768
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 2:35pmDidn‘t your MaMa ever teach you that if you didn’t have anything nice to say…. don’t say anything at all!!!! Shame on you….. Really!!!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:27pmGod knows who Jeff is, that is all we need to say.
TEA
Report Post »TJexcite
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:24pmMore easier to fix than you think and will not be noticeable that anything was wrong in the first place. Think of all the names that will be there forever over the one they got one wrong.
Report Post »cayenne523
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:20pmMy God, upset? Mistakes happen. Let the people know it is wrong. I understand your hurt and your pain. Being upset implies someone didn’t care about your sons name. I am sure the people who made this monument cared very much about each and every letter they engraved.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:34pmExactly…get the correction made and be grateful for the memorial itself..think how much work had to go into it to create it in the first place!
Report Post »Junter
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:37pmUpset implies one feels they were wronged not that someone didn’t care. Flawed logic. I do agree it’s a very minute point.
Report Post »Pokerjoe
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 4:15pmWe should be very happy its the only one wrong. Thats alot of names. I wonder who was in charge of checking the spelling? SIU?
Report Post »ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:01pmPokerjoe
A lot is two words.
Report Post »johnj1952
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:17pmShame
Report Post »bunnybeads
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:09pmI hate to say it, but that’s what happens when people spell their kids’ names wrong so they can be “unique” and then they get upset when people don’t spell it right. Really!! Life is difficult enough from the get go, is it really necessary to give your child one more issue they will have to deal with all their lives.
Report Post »chubbzbar
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:17pmWell, BUNNYBEEDS — how do you like it? What a rotten thing to say! Plus I believe the correct spelling is Jeffrey.
mils
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:20pm“J e f f r e y” is the correct spelling of that particular name…no cuteness connected
also, yes, it means a lot to the family..it is easy to sit back and say get over it…you didn’t lose this person to such a horrific event
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:21pmwe met some ppl awhile back who are having problems with their 18 year old daughter because she hates her name. And she should hate her name. it’s awful but for the life of me I cannot remember it. I see nothing wrong with the name Jeffery or Jeffrey but some parents need slapped silly with the name thing.
Report Post »Jeff Naujok
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:28pmSeriously? Misspelled? I hate to break this to you, but the spelling “Jeffrey” is actually the older of the two common spellings. If anything is misspelled, it’s “Jeffery”. Given my name is Jeffrey, this is an issue I’ve looked into a lot, although the easiest example to point out that the “-rey“ ending is older is to point out ”Geoffrey Chaucer”. If you want to complain about anything, complain about the “Jeff” being “misspelled.”
Report Post »bunnybeads
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:30pmAccording the Social Security Administration Popularity of a Name web page, just in the 2010 it was spelled “Jeffery” 567 times and “Jeffrey” only 223.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:16pmThat was 2010. How old was he? You have to look at the popularity of his name when he was born, you idiot. And besides, I don’t care if it was an odd spelling, they should check those things. My husband (and his dad, and his grandpa) have any unusually spelled name that gets misspelled all the time. I got to where I just automatically spell it. As to being that upset? I wouldn’t be, but that’s because I deal with it all the time through my husband, and myself. do you know how many spellings there are for Lori?
Report Post »Jeff Naujok
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 6:03pmIt was the number one name in the 1960′s with the “-rey” spelling. The “-ery” variant has only become popular more recently: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/graph.php?g=1&c=0&1=Jeffrey
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:54pm@EVERYONE, INCLUDING BUNNYBEADS!!!
You guys are being rude to Bunny Beads.
She has clearly established that both spellings are actively used.
She also has a point about people spelling common names differently for uniqueness. When I volunteer for a non-profit, I usually enter names from the lists of volunteers for each meal. You would never believe the number of ways a name can be spelled. Different cultural backgrounds seem to also influence a greater degree of uniqueness to many common American names.
However, I like all my accounts, insurances, statements, certificates, and diplomas spelled correctly. And, I am insistent on having my middle initial in my full name!
Report Post »wildturkeywatcher
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:04pmI’m sorry the family was upset, but we are all only human, and humans do make errors. If it’s not fixed after they know about the error, get upset then; but cut the humans some slack now. It surely was not intentional.
Report Post »wallacej2
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:13pmWell said.
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:58amMisspellings happen. Just wait for the National Park Service to correct it and get over it already.
Report Post »—
A misspelled name doesn’t tarnish the memory of a loved one.
One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:58amI’m sorry but this is much ado about nothing. I just watched a special about the making of these and it’s easily fixed although not at no expense to the already drained “911 memorial” overruns that soar higher than those towers ever did.
I grieve year after year like most of you for these folks and knew 4 people personally who were killed that day.
However: At times many of these people forget all the country has already done for them in their time of grief and frankly I’m tired of the whining from many of these “911 family members”. They‘re lost loved ones would be ashamed I’d bet anything on this earth at many of their petty griping, selfishness and outright opportunism. Were this my loved one I‘d quietly point out the mistake and I’m certain they’d fix it immediately.
In fact I was watching a special about some of these widows the other day, and they were there feigning all this grief while being filmed in 2 million dollar homes 99% of Americans couldn’t afford, most of which were paid for by insurance and the government which means you and I.
How many other “terror victim’ families cashed in like many of these 911 widows? NONE. Be thankful for the attention you‘ve received and don’t be so petty.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:58amGood. Correct the spelling then let‘s go kill some jihadi’s.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:58amI don’t know what the common spelling is but both seem right. I have an unusual name and it is not only misspelled ALL the time but mis spoken too. I learned to accept it until it became my email address. I have had to change it . If it is misspelled on my headstone I think people will still know it is me.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:42pmMe too. When I have to tell someone my name, if a computer is in front of them, I automatically say…then spell… it. And you know what? They still get it wrong. No biggie. I know who I am.
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:56amYa know, I would have double checked because Jeffery is spelled <<<that way not Jeffrey. Then again, I've seen some strange spellings of common names because mama wanted to be "different".
(I have a friend who's illiterate mom spelled his name wrong but he's never bothered to change it. Even one of my grand-daughters has a name spelled differently than the usual spelling.)
Report Post »ruffnex
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:13pmJeffrey is another way of spelling it……My son is Jeff RE y not Jeff ER y…….
Report Post ».pronounced Jeff REE…not Jeff er EE
Junter
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:55amThats what you get when you hire contractors who don’t speak the language. Had he an Arab name it would have been spelled correctly and etched in a font 3 times larger.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:53amAs for me, and if I was in their shoes, I can honestly say I would definitely NOT make an issue of this. Life is too short and there are way too many other very serious problems, hate, incompetence, crimes against humanity that need our attention than this. In fact, I couldn’t care less if the name was on there or not period. . They weren’t trying to be mean or anything. Right now they’re even talking about it on our local news. Sheesh!!!
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:47amHappened to my husband’s name at Dixon national cemetary, we pointed it out and it was fixed quickly and with an apology. No sense getting nuts about the small stuff, just get it fixed, and thank you.
Report Post »cobbcountyguy
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:00pmSpeaking of correct spellings! Could someone please make a correction? CEMETERY. All e‘s no a’s.
Report Post »dhuge67
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:45amI’m sure it will be fixed.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:45amYa know, as I watched I was thinking about such a mistake happening–then I thought if anything proof reading the names triple checked with different eyes would be on the minds of those in charge. Jeffry’s family and friends lives will never be the same. I do hope this will be fixed immediately after sincere apologies.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:47amJeffrey. It was a typo on my part. My apologies.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:43ami KEEP HEARING FROM bLAZE POSTERS THAT SPELLING DOES NOT COUNT. iT’S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.
tea
Report Post »spirited
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:51am“Hearing” ?
>Perhaps an ear specialist is in order.
Report Post »TXWildfire
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:53amOur comments posted on The Blaze will not remain in the archives of human history, but this 9/11 memorial will. This memorial will forever stand at Ground Zero. It’ll get fixed though.
Report Post »Junter
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:56amYou hear written words? Amazing.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:17pmTo clarify I was turned on to the Blaze by the crowd at the VFW. They have lots of pet peeves and suggestions. I keep hearing we should do away with the “next story” flag too.
Blaze DID fix a bunch of things lately.
TEA
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:41amWho cares? This family want to boil down the memory of their loved one to a whether or not his first name was spelled some incorrect never heard of form of “Jeffery”? Brought to you by the same people who want to reverse all caps in her legacy postings? Get a life and get over yourself. You can have this corrected silently and without distracting from the memory of the rest of the 3000+ and the Soldiers who went to avenge and defend on behalf of “jeffery” and you!
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:40amcan it be fixed? please say yes!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:56amIt is made out of metal. You can fix just about anything made of metal because you can weld it and grind it down to a seamless finish. I think they will be able to fix it. But is this really newsworthy? They mispelled the name of one person out of 2996. I call that a pretty good percentage of error. This shouldn’t be a news story.
Report Post »TheOracleOfTruth
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:38amOUCH!! They were in a rush to meet deadlines – I saw the History channel special on this…haste makes waste! tsk tsk!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:34amYou think someone would have triple checked the name spelling; my condolences to the family.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:41amNotice how the wife forgot she had CAPS lock on when she wrote her message?
jUST sAYIN!
tea
Report Post »spirited
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:50amHow treu (true).
–To error is human
If nothing else, this unfortunate blunder is a reminder how one ‘simple’ mistake, one over-sight
can affect many.
After the error is corrected,
seeing his engraved name at the memorial
will most likely give the family
a comfort
> they otherwise might not have felt.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:52pmI feel sorry for those of you who think it DOES NOT MATTER…IT DOES! Go back to your video games and let the big boys handle this…you disgust me! They only had 10 YEARS to get it right…maybe THEY needed a little more time…the whole memorial service was a disgrace…AND…we didn’t need a HOLE where the FREEDOM TOWERS are supposed to stand!
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 1:30pmif I were the family, I would almost look at this as a blessing. How many untold thousands of ppl now know about Jeffrey Schreier? I knew one person by name that died that day and now I know two. Maybe make lemonade out of the lemon you were given?
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 2:07pm@AzDebi
Report Post »It doesn’t matter when the people doing this have no caring or regard for the people who lost their lives in this horrific disaster.
Ruler4You
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 2:27pmHey, don’t worry about the spelling. The government is chiseling off references to God from the halls of congress, the justice department, the Washington monument reference was turned away from the eyes of visitors, the new ‘tourist’ attraction at the mall mis quoted and mis spelled a litany of historical facts. History is being rewritten as we speak. And American workers are the ones doing it. They are either too stupid to know or too cowardly to say anything.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:09pmOf course it doesn’t matter to her. She hates the flag, and would just as soon burn it as fold it properly.
Report Post »kennyg933
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:22pmYou should have seen how they misspelled the names of the people responsible for the attack. They spelled one of the names “Mohammed Atta”, when the real spelling is “Shadow elements of the government of the United States in concert with elements of the NWO”. So, I can see how some people get upset with spelling errors related to 911.
Report Post »Fool
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:27pmIt looks like Michelle in the youtube clip is saying, “All that for folding a flag!?!” Then she shakes her head forth and back and Baraq nods yes, in agreement, as if to say, “Why bother?”
I‘m not surprised at this hating couple’s disdain for the very country that entrusted them with representing us who cheerish the virtues of freedom and industry. They listened to Rev. Wright trash us and told us that we had it coming. The chickens came home to roost on 9/11/2001 according to the ‘Reverend’.
You‘d think that such ’educated’ sophicates would be able to look past whatever perceived injustices they think we clingers perpetrated on the rest of the world. Baraq is so narrow minded that he could look through a keyhole with both eyes.
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 5:56pmI watched the clip numerous times. It was obvious that the remark wasn’t saId in any type of respect for the ceremony. The way she shook her head, pursing her lips and rolling her eyes slightly definately show she thinks it was ridiculous, stupid, a waste of time or some such. Not dignified, not patriotic, no empathy or any connection. She obviously thinks it’s a huge waste of her time. Absolutely uncalled for and it shows a complete lack of respect. What a terrible role model for our children, and isn’t that a terrible thing to have to say about the First Lady? Sheesh, what a joke she has proved to be. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »jueta
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:11pmShe disgusts me! I think she said “All of this over folding the flag”! Those may not be the exact words I’m iffy on “over” but it was about “all of this” and “folding the flag”
Report Post »savarulz
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:18pm@AzDebi Actually the company that did the names for the memorial has only been working on it for a couple of years not 10 like you say. As what was reported on the history channel the other day, the company was started in 2007 by 2 guys who wanted to contribute to the memorial.
Report Post »chris3
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:50pmazdebi,or whatever, don’t insult video games,I still don’t understand the animosity about games,they are what you make of them by nature,and I challange any non-believer to actually play(or watch a friend) say “home front”bioshock”,or some other well made games. here’s a hint,games are like a “interactive movie”you know those pictures that move? the fact that you can sit and blog,watch football or tv in general but insult gamers is beyound me,but looks like anybody can be as dumb as they want and get a ahem from the choir here
Report Post »Little Johnny
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:50pmTo suggest the Obamas are anything but deeply respectful of our nation’s flag and its traditions is simply ludicrous. They love our country as much as you or I. They hold the flag and our country in great reverence.
You may disagree with them politically (it appears that most here do, no?) but the incessant and repeated attacks on both of them in these pages is very disrespectful. Is there some part about them being intelligent, black, happy, and having a wonderful family you don’t like? Seriously.
Show some respect for the office of the Presidency. Please.
Report Post »Fool
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 10:31pm@Little Johnny:
Your post is so bizarre, I thought you were writing ‘tongue in cheek’. Honestly, you ask us to respect the office of the presidency when the occupant clearly holds it in contempt?
Is Michelle going to sneer in a hushed voice to one of her daughters when the honor corps (not ‘corpse’ like boy genius would pronounce it) reverently folds up the flag draped on the coffin of Barack when he meets his Maker and gets a full state funeral and then meekly hands it to poor widow, former first lady, Michelle Obama?
Dude, that’s a macabre, grotesque image in my mind. To think this lady, if she outlives her smoker husband, will one day receive a revered flag that she so clearly detests!
Report Post »Little Johnny
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 10:49pm@Fool,
I think you and others here are just hateful and loathing enough of our President that you’ll find any possible shred you can and use it to say more hateful things. Then it spreads and every one chimes in with more hate. It’s rude and impolite.
In my opinion, George Bush was the single worst President our country has ever had, and yet I respect the man. And his wife. Never do I doubt his patriotism or love for America. A close friend worked in Bush‘s White House for many years and was critical in Bush’s reelection. He is not hateful towards Obama and I’m not hateful towards Bush, yet we disagree on policy.
Many here on this website profess to be Christians (and loudly), but send forth a negativity, hatefulness, and anger that doesn’t feel to this reader as being very Christian-like. Just an observation.
Report Post »Fool
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:45am@Little Johnny
As most leftists are self-loving, narcissists, who think the world cannot live without them, I’m in no way shocked that you think you have the divine ability to look into my soul to see exactly what my heart feels.
You, sir, are dust, just like the rest of us. And, indeed, back to the dust we shall all return. If you would but humble yourself and realize that you are no god and have absolutely no ability to detect the love or hate in any other person’s soul, then you would see the clear declaration of hubris that you are proclaiming. You are standing there naked, exhibiting your false claim to divine power, imaging you can judge what love, or what hate, any of the hearts of the freedom loving posters feel on this site.
Sorry, pal. You don’t know my heart. You don’t know what prayers I say, or do not say, for the redemption of this person, Barack Obama. You don’t know what prayers I say, or don’t say, for the redemption of this woman, Michelle Obama.
I know it’s near impossible for you to admit, but you honestly don’t know for what I pray, for what I hope, or whether I curse in place of prayer.
So, kindly shut the heck up when you judge me or anyone else on this site. I’ll wager a bet that when you are I are on the other side of this life, you’ll see that those of us who are falsely castigated as racists were the true lovers of our brothers and sisters in this life. And those of you who are quick to judge us? You’ve got God to an
Report Post »myway
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:55am@MILO,
How sad it is for our country to have these people in office. “ALL THIS FOR A FLAG?” Moochell is such a commie and look at obama grin nodding in agreement. Makes me sick our men and women are in harms way protecting these two phonies!
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