It is understood three members of the 'disgusting' stag party work together at a bank in New York

. I don't even have words for that'

Rosanne Hughes, 61, who lost her husband in 9/11, said: 'I'm


A British stag-do caused outrage by taking selfies with a blow-up sex doll at Ground Zero on the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

The group of men - who said they were from London - were eventually confronted by a police officer and asked to leave the area.

When asked what they were doing, a man believed to be the groom said 'it's just a bachelor party' before answering other questions with 'no comment'.

One person who claimed to know the party, said three of the men work together at a bank in New York.

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The British stag-do caused outrage by taking selfies with a blow-up sex doll at Ground Zero two days before the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks

The group of men - who said they were from London - were eventually confronted by a police officer and asked to leave the area

When asked what they were doing, a man believed to be the groom said 'it's just a bachelor party' before answering other questions with 'no comment'

The incident comes ahead of the 15th anniversary of the deadly terror attacks which brought down the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan

Rosanne Hughes, 61, who lost her husband in 9/11, said she was appalled to hear about the stag party celebrating on Ground Zero

The incident comes just two days before the 15th anniversary of the deadly terror attacks which brought down the Twin Towers.

Rosanne Hughes, 61, from the New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation said she was appalled to hear about the stag party celebrating on Ground Zero.

She lost her husband Thomas F. Hughes Jr, 46, in the terror attack.

Thomas, a paint contractor, was on the 107th floor of the World Trade Centre for a meeting when the plane hit.

She said: 'I'm speechless. I don't even have any words for that - that's a disgrace.

'That is sacred ground, I lost my husband and I don't even know what to say - it's disgusting.

Rosanne Hughes said: 'I'm speechless. I don't even have any words for that - that's a disgrace. That is sacred ground, I lost my husband and I don't even know what to say - it's disgusting'

A police officer from the New York Police Department confronts the group of men, one of whom is seen holding a sex doll

Mrs Hughes added: 'We hear things like this and I honestly think it's disgraceful to take selfies of anybody there laughing and smiling when they haven't lived the life we've lived for 15 years and the people we've lost'

Michael Frazier, executive vice president of communications and marketing at 9/11 Memorial and Museum, said: 'This image is exceptionally disturbing'

Mr Frazier added: 'What is just as disturbing - if not more - is that these people find it appropriate to blatantly disrespect this place made sacred by the murder of 3,000 innocent people'

Other visitors to the memorial looked on as the British stag do wandered around carrying the inappropriate item

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'We hear things like this and I honestly think it's disgraceful to take selfies of anybody there laughing and smiling when they haven't lived the life we've lived for 15 years and the people we've lost.

'Even though it's been 15 years every year is difficult and seeing things like this is heartbreaking.

'If I came face to face with these people I would say "shame on you. You have no clue to what those families have gone through and to be that disrespectful" - they should be fined. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with that.'

Thomas left behind a daughter, now 30, and a son, now 28.

There have been complaints from many New Yorkers about a lack of respect being shown at the memorial, such as posing for smiling selfies.

Currently, there are no plans for extra measures to be introduced to prevent the kind of behaviour seen here

A visitor takes a photo of a sign by the memorial as one of the men on the stag-do walks by carrying the blow-up doll

The men did not appear to make any effort to hide the doll while visiting the site, where the names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed in bronze panels lining the memorial pools

On its website, the memorial is described as 'a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil'

There have been complaints from many New Yorkers about a lack of respect being shown at the memorial, such as posing for smiling selfies

New Yorker Mike Opelka, 57, visits the memorial every year to pay his respects and was there today.

He said: 'I was a mile from the towers when they were attacked. I have friends on the wall, so to speak.

'To be honest I don't understand why people are taking smiling selfies at a mass grave because that's what this was - underneath us were so many thousands of bodies.'

Sarah Joiner, 43, who was visiting from Austin, Texas, added: 'I try not to judge but I think it is a little bit obnoxious when there is a lot of laughter and selfies going on here.

'It is a bit disrespectful. This is a cemetery and it needs to be treated as such.'

Michael Frazier, executive vice president of communications and marketing at 9/11 Memorial and Museum, said: 'This image is exceptionally disturbing and what is just as disturbing - if not more - is that these people find it appropriate to blatantly disrespect this place made sacred by the murder of 3000 innocent people.

New Yorker Mike Opelka, 57, said: 'To be honest I don't understand why people are taking smiling selfies at a mass grave because that's what this was - underneath us were so many thousands of bodies'

Sarah Joiner, 43, who was visiting from Austin, Texas, added: 'I try not to judge but I think it is a little bit obnoxious when there is a lot of laughter and selfies going on here'

A group of people pose for a selfie in front of the plaque bearing the names of the dead, which surrounds the two memorial ponds

As well as remembering the dead during the 9/11 attacks at the Twin Towers at the Pentagon, the memorial also honours the six people killed in the World Trade Centre bombing in February 1993

'At any time this would be enraging and offensive, we are days away from commemorating the 15th anniversary of 9/11 - this is disgusting.

'I have never seen anything like this or expect to see anything like this - not even remotely close.

'There's no reason for a human being with any sense to do that on a sacred site.'

Mr Frazier added that there are no plans for extra measures to be introduced to prevent this type of behaviour.

He said: 'We have all the rules and regulations but people should have an inherent sense of how to act. I don't even understand it if you're going to a place where so many people have died.'

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Some relatives of the dead are upset by the site of visitors taking selfies at what is meant to be a solemn memorial to the dead, which numbered nearly 3,000

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is expected to visit ground zero in Manhattan on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the attacks

The site's twin reflecting pools, which sit in the footprints of where the Twin Towers once stood, are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest man-made waterfalls in North America