NY Times: Rugs Depict Terror Attack, but New York Isn't Ready for 9/11

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Rugs Depict Terror Attack, but New York Isn't Ready for 9/11 Kitsch




With an appraiser's scrutiny, Ed Cutting, a New York City firefighter, stared at a fine Afghan rug painstakingly hand woven in a style centuries old. Its handiwork depicted an epic scene.

He stood Saturday in a weekend flea market at Avenue A and 11th Street in the East Village, at a booth displaying rugs. Several of the rugs, in a style usually reserved for depicting landscapes or abstract tribal patterns, showed a crudely rendered interpretation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center.

The densely woven carpet that Firefighter Cutting was staring at showed two commercial jets slamming into two tall buildings, creating fiery explosions, and little stick figures plunging headfirst. Stitched into the rug were the misspelled words "The teroris were nhe American."

"It's disgusting," said Firefighter Cutting, who is with Ladder Company 18 on the Lower East Side.

Rugs Depict Terror Attack, but New York Isn't Ready for 9/11 Kitsch

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1. That is really weird

Step out of the bathtub and drip on a depiction of the worst terror attack in US history.

I guess that would be OK if you played with Pearl Harbor replicas when bathing.

What is next, Andersonville placemats?