The Freedom Tower

Alternet.org wants to know if it gets any lower than this:
The National Collector’s Mint is offering a World Trade Center anniversary commemorative coin using silver recovered from vaults at Ground Zero itself.
“Breathtaking. That’s the only word for the World Trade Center anniversary commemorative coin from National Collector’s Mint. Breathtaking is the word they use, and who could argue? Not me,” says Alternet writer Steve Burgess. “Each coin features an outline of the World Trade Center towers in silver. It’s no ordinary plunder. This is silver recovered from vaults at Ground Zero itself!
The price is $29.95 US, plus $4.95 shipping and handling. Same price for Canada. Five dollars go to 9-11 charities. What charities are those? ” 9-11 charities for the victims,” a spokesperson says.
It turns out that six years is more than enough time for passions to cool and patriotic commercial enterprise to take hold. National Collector’s Mint has offered very similar products for several years now.
Almost as an afterthought, Burgess asked the company if anyone ever calls to suggest that these products represent a veritable Ground Zero of bad taste. “A few people,” she says, “but only Canadians. All the complaints have been from Canadians.”