Walmart's removes Coke twin tower display
A Walmart display showing cases of Coca-Cola arranged to look like the Twin Towers. (Twitter/online_shawn)
Walmart says a display of Coke cans stacked to look like the World Trade Center has been removed from a Florida store, and was not meant to be disrespectful near the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack.
The display was mocked online after a photo was posted on Twitter, and Buzzfeed wrote about it.
The photo showed the World Trade Center towers recreated with Coke Zero packages. A backdrop of the American flag was made with red regular Coke, silver Diet Coke and blue Sprite.
A banner above the display said, "We will never forget", with the Coca-Cola and Walmart logos in a corner.
Walmart said in a statement the display was removed on Wednesday.
"We hold this moment in our country's history in the highest regard, and there was nothing disrespectful intended by the display," it said.
The company said the design for the display came from the supplier, and was approved by its store management.
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