Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack

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First of all, why is there even a toy like this? And who was it
originally for?


http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040827/D84NNJT81.html



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(AP) A wholesaler in Miami is recalling 14,000 bags of candy containing
this toy, shown Friday, Aug....

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MIAMI (AP) - Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade
Center were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to
small groceries around the country before being recalled.


Lisy Corp., the wholesaler that distributed the candy, said Friday that
the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami-based import company.


The toys came in an assortment purchased sight unseen from L&M Import in
Miami and included the toys depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the
twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Pedron, Lisy's
national sales manager. The invoice said the toy was a plastic swing
set.


"I hate to blame the importer. He probably did not know what he was
getting. He brings them in 40-foot containers. But whoever made it knew
exactly what they were making," Pedron said.




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Pedron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two
people complained, but there is no mistaking what the toys represent: At
the bottom of each is the product number 9011.

"When we found out what happened, we recalled them immediately," said
Pedron, who said the toys do not reflect the company's view. "I was
offended by them."


The company's 100 distributors sent out the candy bags. Most are sold to
small Hispanic and Mexican groceries, Pedron said. He estimated about 90
percent of the bags have been collected.


Anna Rodriguez, who bought a bag of the candy for her grandson, said she
was stunned when she saw the toy.


"It makes me angry," she told television station WFTV. "I was offended
because I couldn't believe that someone would give something like that
to a kid."


Pedron said he is saving the toys to return to the distributor.


A woman who answered the telephone at L&M and refused to give her name
said Friday she did not know anything about the toy.


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On the Net:


Lisy Corp: http://www.lisycorp.com <http://www.lisycorp.com/>


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