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This shit makes my blood boil.

from AllMediaNY

by Molly C. Braswell

Officials removed students of Brooklyn’s JHS 292 from the 9/11 memorial site after they were caught throwing baseballs, plastic soda bottles and other trash items into the reflecting pool surrounding one of the monuments on Thursday.

“They kicked us out because of littering in the water,” said Anthony Price, 14, a student on the trip who claims he wasn’t involved in the wrongdoing. “Kids were throwing baseballs in the pond thing.”

“They were making jokes and throwing stuff in the fountain,” said another child who declined to tell his name. “It didn’t seem like a big deal.”

“No one was disrespecting. It wasn’t nothing like that,” another student corroborated, who also declined to give his name. “No one was being serious. Everyone was kind of bored and it was just something to do.”

In an unrelated incident, another student on that field trip was found sneaking three .33-caliber rounds into the memorial site. The NYPD did not arrest anyone.

“The kid had three bullets when they went through the metal detector,” said a JHS 292 student who declined to give his name. “All the kids saw the cops come and take the bullets.”

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said he is unaware of why the children were throwing trash into the pool or why they had brought ammunition on the trip, but he has not commented any further on the occurrences.

The NYPD is investigating the situations.