Cigarette Lighters Promoting 9/11 Tragedy Go on Sale in Moscow

Author: Dimitry Paranyushkin (on 14 Aug 2009)

News and
photos from the Moscow
News (11/06/2004)

 

Moscow tobacco vendors are
selling cigarette lighters with crude images depicting the terrorist attack in
New York City on September 11, 2001, the

Cigarette lighters

Photo by Lenta.Ru

Lenta.Ru news
agency reported on Friday.

Journalists found the lighters in several street kiosks in Moscow
on Thursday, June 10. They failed to establish when the sales of
the unusual souvenirs started.

The lighter is reusable and made of metal. It is decorated with the picture of
the twin towers and an aircraft heading into the buildings. A red LED is embedded
in the picture of the plane which shines when the lighter’s cap is opened.

The name of the producer is not indicated on the lighter itself or on the packaging.










 


 

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