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Source: NYDailyNews
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2-8-16

Tourism spot for Colonial Williamsburg shocks some New Yorkers during Super Bowl 50 for use of 9/11 attack footage

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New Yorkers relived the tragic sight of the Twin Towers crumbling apart while watching a Super Bowl 50 commercial for Colonial Williamsburg.

Footage from the 9/11 attacks flashed across regionally-targeted television screens in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., for an ad by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia.

The tourism spot celebrated a montage of defining moments in American history dating back to the Founding Fathers. It aired just after halftime, offending some viewers for what they interpreted as a macabre use of 9/11 footage.

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