Vandals Deface 9/11 Memorial

Item: Graffiti mars Sept. 11 mural near downtown /Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: All Jim Hail can do is shake his head. Well, and report the crime to police and paint over the damage so the wall looked brand new. But all Hail could really do when he learned that the mural on the side of the Hagadone Directories building dedicated to the memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks had been spray painted with graffiti - for a third time, one week before the tragedy’s 10th anniversary - was shake his head in disgust. “Broke my heart,” said Hail, president and co-owner of Hagadone Directories Inc., when he saw the damage on Sept. 2.

Question: Shouldn’t their be a stiffer penalty for punk vandals who deface public & patriotic art?