Earlier this week Mark Wahlberg's interview with Men's Journal revealed that the actor fancies himself a real life action hero. He told the magazine that he was scheduled to be on one of the planes that flew into the Twin Towers on September 11th, adding: "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying,'OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don't worry.'" The only thing that could have made this worse is if he were actually developing a movie where his character single-handedly stopped 9/11 from happening (maybe he is?). Anyway, he has since apologized, but the relatives of the victims killed on 9/11 want him to show up to the memorial in person.
According to the NY Post, they believe he should visit the 9/11 Memorial and help get the 9/11 museum open on schedule. Monica Iken, whose husband was killed that day, told the paper, “He should take this as a lesson learned to do something positive. He is in a position to help. He should just be happy he wasn’t on the plane and focus on what he can do, now that he’s overcome it."
Others believe if he simply made a publicized trip to the memorial it would help with donations... and it probably couldn't hurt Wahlberg's image, either. We're sure his PR team is mocking up the perfect photo ops right now.
