Controversial 9/11 ad pulled, agency says

[alp227]

Source: CNN

New York (CNN) -- A controversial 9/11 ad with an altered picture of a model firefighter holding a picture of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack under the headline "I was there" will not be running again, according to the ad agency responsible for the ad.

Robert Keiley, the model in the ad, is a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, said John Barker, president of the ad agency Barker DZP. However, Keiley was not at ground zero right after the 9/11 attacks and did not become a firefighter with the department until 2004.

"The intent of the ad is a positive one," Barker said. "The ad was designed to tell people that there are funds available for people that were injured at ground zero."

The ad was for Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, a law firm known for representing injury-claim cases.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/28/new.york.ad/index.html

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[texastoast]

1. Well, I ithink this is ridiculous

He's just a model.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Excuse me? This can't be run but the loons who weren't around Nam could run anything they wanted

against John Kerry? (First example that came into my head).

[onenote]

4. no one has ruled that it can't be run. those running it have realized it was a mistake to run it

And have agreed to stop running it.

[rfranklin]

3. this is a crock...he signed a model release which says his image can be altered...

and used for any purpose. It is written specifically for such cases. I would tell him to go blow.

[The Nexus]

5. stolen valour nt

[Tempest]

6. Agreed

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