The daughter of a 9/11 sufferer slammed on-line market Etsy after she noticed a focused T-shirt advert displaying comedian cat Garfield flying head-first into two towers product of lasagna — a stunning reference to the terrorist assault on New York Metropolis greater than 20 years in the past.
Amy Stabile — whose father, Herman Broghammer, died in the course of the 2001 tragedy — had been scrolling by Fb when she got here throughout the tasteless advert that includes a plane-shaped Garfield, which offered T-shirts bearing the design, she informed Fox 5 New York.
The shirt exhibits the famed orange tabby along with his paws unfold like wings as he careens into the 2 upright pans of lasagna — with the caption, “9/11? Yea! I’ll take 911 … orders of lasagna!”
“I just couldn’t believe my eyes,” Stabile informed Fox 5. “After I noticed Garfield — I didn’t even perceive the way it goes collectively.
“There are so many things you could put on a T-shirt,” she continued. “Why this? You feel so crushed that someone, anyone, could think that the loss of these lives is funny.”
The five-star vendor advertising the clothes — NellisNestStore of Australia — describes itself as a spot that sells “Silly Merch for Silly Dudes.”
However apparently, it realized the shirts weren’t all that foolish — they’d been pulled off the web site as of Saturday, in line with Folks.
Etsy’s personal insurance policies bar objects that promote, assist or glorify hatred and violence.
Etsy didn’t reply to the journal’s request for remark, however a spokesperson informed Fox 5 that {the marketplace} will make sure that the T-shirts don’t find yourself in advertisements.
Nevertheless, it gained’t demand their elimination since humor is subjective, the rep added.
Nevertheless it nonetheless stings for Stabile, who says the promoting platform ought to have stricter content material insurance policies.
“Maybe it’s time to start creating policies where this goes against your company policies. You’re making money [off] terrorism. Where are these companies? Stand up for the families of 9/11 and do something about this,” she stated.
“At some point you want to say, ‘Have some humanity and think about how you’re making your money.”
Broghammer, 58, who labored in insurance coverage, had been attending a gathering on the 103rd flooring of the World Commerce Middle’s south tower when he died in the course of the terror assault, in line with his obituary.
