Tue Sep 12, 2023 – 8:12 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — On the anniversary of 9/11, Facebook suppressed the promotion of a painting commemorating the passing of one of the victims who died in the World Trade Center attack 22 years ago, offering only a terse, perplexing rejection of the portrait’s promotion as being about “social issues, elections, or politics.”
The painting of “Alex” was commissioned by his sister not long after his untimely death.
“She wanted the portrait to be of him,” artist Gay Frances Willard said during a phone interview with LifeSiteNews in which she explained the various elements in the painting.
“Their father had also died five years prior to 9/11, and they used to sail in New York Harbor in their boat.” Willard found a touching way to include a depiction of their father having come in the family’s boat to take Alex.
“When I post images of my paintings, I usually boost the post from my business page,” Willard wrote on Facebook.
“Earlier today I posted my painting of Alex, remembering the events of September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, Facebook has chosen to reject the boost of this image and my post,” the
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