A group of North Carolina middle schoolers on a field trip to New York City paused on Friday to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 9/11 memorial site as a demonstration of respect, but a pair of security guards ordered them to be quiet.
"You have to stop," one guard reportedly told the students' teacher, because "This is considered a public demonstration!" The guards insisted the children would have to acquire a permit to be able to complete their song. Video footage of the incident has racked up 300,000 views and counting, a viral streak the teacher says could have been prevented if the guards had just "waited 30 to 45 seconds for us to finish."
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