9/11 Magazine Ad
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About a month after the World Trade Center terrorist attack I was leafing through PC magazine at work and came across an advertisement for Yahoo Finance. The ad showed an old photo of the financial district of Manhatten with most of the recognizable skyline but conspicuously did not have the Trade Towers in the image. The ad said, "Feel Left In" and I supposed the the gimmick was to show an image where something was clearly left out -- the trade towers.
The date of the magazine was August 2001. Not only had the magazine come out a full month before the trade towers were destroyed but one can realistically assume that the idea for the ad had probably been determined much earlier.
I have copies of the magazine ad (but don't know how to include it in this writing." It was PC Magazine August 2001.
Date submitted:Sun, 28 Feb 2016 14:52:30 +0000Coincidence ID:8470
