Another 9/11 gift shop wants a piece of the action, but the charities it claims to benefit have gotten a pittance of the proceeds.
Photographer Gary Suson charges tourists $25 admission to his little “Ground Zero Museum Workshop,” in a loft in the Meatpacking District — the same as an adult ticket price for the new 9/11 museum.
Now Suson, who sells souvenirs on site, has launched an online gift store hawking his book of photographs ($49), posters ($25) and T-shirts ($32), among other items.
Suson was allowed to take photos of firefighters at the Ground Zero pile.
He bills himself the “official photographer” for the Uniformed Firefighters Association, but the union warned him years ago to stop claiming that title.
His museum features his photos and artifacts from the site, including glass fragments, a clock frozen in time and a piece of jet fuselage.
Suson advertises “a portion of the proceeds” goes to charity, but his IRS tax forms report a paltry 3.1 percent of revenues spent on “grants” in 2011.
The museum reported $391,090 in revenues but only $12,278 in grants. The recipients are not named.
He did not return repeated phone calls and e-mails.