Haunted House Features Bin Laden Execution
Display Put On By Naples Jaycees
POSTED: 5:20 p.m. EDT October 25, 2001
UPDATED: 5:23 p.m. EDT October 25, 2001
NAPLES, Fla. -- A mock execution of suspected terrorist
leader Osama bin Laden is the star attraction of a Halloween
haunted house sponsored by the Naples Jaycees.
"Every year we have an execution," said Lisa Douglass, chair
of the Naples Jaycees. "This year we wanted to execute someone
everyone hates."
The house features a young FBI agent pummeling bin Laden in his
death row cell, then dragging him kicking and screaming to the
execution chamber before slamming the terrorist into the electric
chair. The agent turns on the electricity, making sparks fly and
the floor shake.
Teenagers play the role of the agent and bin Laden.
The Jaycees are sponsoring the house as a fund-raiser to buy
gifts for children and soldiers. They raised $36,000 last year and
want to do the same or better this year.
Douglass said most people have enjoyed the haunted house,
especially the execution chamber. "There are some naysayers, but
I'd say come experience it for yourself," she said.
Stephanie Andrews, 17, of East Naples, dressed as a devil and
selling food at a concession stand outside the house, said the bin
Laden attraction is a real success.
"That's the thing that's getting them to come," Andrews said.
"It's our little way of revenge."
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