WTF!? Cosplaying Couple Crashes Convention as the Twin Towers on 9/11
This ought to destroy whatever faith in humanity you still have left.
Atlanta was host to Dragon Con last weekend, which was a pop culture fest attended by approximately 70,000 guests. Unfortunately, the event was crashed by a couple of trolls wearing what is without a doubt the worst cosplaying costume ever
They gave this cosplay 9/11 at Dragoncon pic.twitter.com/fxyAGCY50O
— ★ Jack Smack ★ (@JacksOnSmack) September 5, 2016
Yes. Those would be the burning, collapsing towers of the World Trade Center on 9/11. And look! The cosplayers even included Barbie dolls to depict the people who fell to their deaths that day.
According to Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the cosplayers didn’t have badges that granted them entry to the Con, and they left before organizers could officially kick them out. Officials have since released a statement to address the incident:
“We share the concerns of everyone who was upset by these costumes. Their costumes were offensive, distasteful, and completely inappropriate,” the statement read. “Based on other photographs we have seen, we do not believe that these individuals were members of Dragon Con, meaning that they had not purchased badges that would have allowed them to enter the convention.”
Of course, the 15th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up soon, and so, the online condemnation was relentless:
2 ppl cosplayed the twin towers on 9/11 at dragon*con and left said con with their entire bodies intact so someone did not do their job
— KendraJames (Harlem) (@KendraJames_) September 6, 2016
To the couple who thought it was cute to cosplay as the Twin Towers burning at Dragoncon the week before 9/11, you're a disgrace to cosplay.
— Ani-Mia (@AniMiaOfficial) September 5, 2016
So wrong & inappropriate! More than just a cosplay fail, it's foul. Cosplaying as the Twin Towers 9/11 = Disgusting pic.twitter.com/1dIphxArkX
— Alex Matsuo (@alexmatsuo) September 5, 2016
There was 9/11 cosplay at DragonCon? #WTF
— Adam Sheehan (@neumaverick) September 5, 2016
I would punch a bitch… Make that 2
Couple wears 9/11 costume to Dragon Con https://t.co/t1iuPTM19M pic.twitter.com/jw2r7StCw0
— I Yam What I Yam (@Nvr4Get91101) September 8, 2016
Someone did a 9/11 "cosplay" (NOT COSPLAY) at Dragon Con and I am legitimately triggered
— Snugzmeow (@Snugzmeow) September 5, 2016
This is absolutely sick: 9/11 costume at Dragon Con depicts dolls jumping from buildings https://t.co/iZNFOxZuWC
— Caitlin McLaughlin (@caitemclaughlin) September 6, 2016
[Image via Twitter]
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