Group asks McCain, Obama not to campaign on 9/11

US: A group of Sept. 11 victims? families appealed to White House hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama on Wednesday to suspend all campaigning on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks as a show of respect.

The group called MyGoodDeed.org, formed in 2003 with the aim of transforming Sept. 11 into a national day of charitable service, sent letters to the two Presidential hopefuls urging them to put aside partisanship for the day.

?We ask that you and your staff will dedicate a portion of that sacred day to community service, honoring the spirit of unity that brought our nation together in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks,? the letters said.

The letters to Obama and McCain invited them to participate in a ?ServiceNation Summit? in New York this Sept. 11, saying it would ?provide a nonpartisan forum for you to address the events of 9/11 and the importance of national service.?

New York, Wednesdaqy, Reuters