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Sick toys showing a plane flying into the World Trade Centre were packed inside bags of sweets sent to small groceries around the US before being recalled.
Lisy, the wholesaler that distributed the sweets, said the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami, Florida-based import company.
The toys came in an assortment bought unseen from L&M Import in Miami and included the toys depicting the September 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Padron, 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 40ft containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making,” Padron said.
Padron 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 Padron, who said the toys made in China did not reflect his company’s view. “I was offended by them.”
The bags were distributed by the company’s 100 distributors. Most are sold to small Hispanic and Mexican groceries, Padron said. He said 448 of the Twin Tower toys left the warehouse for distribution, but he managed to put a hold on the rest.
Anna Rodriguez, who bought a bag of the sweets 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.”
Padron said he was saving the toys to return to the distributor.
A woman who answered the telephone at L&M refused to give her name and said she did not know anything about the toy.
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Sick toys showing a plane flying into the World Trade Centre were packed inside bags of sweets sent to small groceries around the US before being recalled.
Lisy, the wholesaler that distributed the sweets, said the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami, Florida-based import company.
The toys came in an assortment bought unseen from L&M Import in Miami and included the toys depicting the September 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Padron, 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 40ft containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making,” Padron said.
Padron 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 Padron, who said the toys made in China did not reflect his company’s view. “I was offended by them.”
The bags were distributed by the company’s 100 distributors. Most are sold to small Hispanic and Mexican groceries, Padron said. He said 448 of the Twin Tower toys left the warehouse for distribution, but he managed to put a hold on the rest.
Anna Rodriguez, who bought a bag of the sweets 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.”
Padron said he was saving the toys to return to the distributor.
A woman who answered the telephone at L&M refused to give her name and said she did not know anything about the toy.
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