FEMA removes 9/11 coloring book from Web

WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed a children’s coloring book from its Web site apparently after complaints about two drawings of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. The 25-page coloring book, downloadable from FEMA’s Web site and titled “A Scary Thing Happened,” looks to help kids deal with disasters, such as floods and tornadoes and hurricanes.

The Smoking Gun Web site reported that FEMA last week took down the book, which had one 9/11 drawing on the cover, and a similar one inside that the kids could color, after parents complained about their inclusion in the book.

FEMA press secretary Clark Stevens told us, “The coloring book, which was put online in 2003, was removed last week, and FEMA is currently reviewing all Web content designed and posted by the previous administration.”