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divdiv class=story-body readability=25 span class=story-date#13; span class=date6 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time08:16 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Two students who dressed as the Twin Towers in a fancy dress competition have been condemned by university and students' union bosses./p#13; pUniversity of Chester students Amber Langford and Annie Collinge, both 19, won the Halloween competition at a nightclub in Chester./p#13; pTheir outfits depicted flames and explosions during the 11 September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center./p#13; pThey apologised for causing offence, which they said was not intended./p#13; pThe University of Chester and Chester Students' Union said they utterly condemn the appalling photos which have been shared on social media./p#13; span class=cross-head'Modern-day horror'/span#13; pA spokeswoman said: Both organisations have begun an urgent investigation into the circumstances around which these images have been taken with a view to taking the necessary action./p#13; pThe university spokeswoman was unable to say what action could be taken./p#13; pThe students said: We never meant to be offensive, but we apologise if any offence was caused./p#13; pThe idea was to depict a serious, modern-day horror that happened in our lifetime and was not intended as a joke./p#13; pThey won £150 in shopping vouchers for their costume. The photograph featured on the Chester Parties Facebook page but was removed following criticism./p#13; pGeorge Borsberry, who was at the event, said: Rosie's approve of the 9/11 killings, and gave someone £150 pounds for mocking the victims. Never seen such disgusting behaviour by anyone./p#13; pA spokeswoman for the Stonegate Pub Company, which runs the nightclub, said: Following the club night Halloween promotion that took place at Rosies, Chester, we are extremely concerned that an award of shopping vouchers was made to two young women who were dressed in a distasteful and offensive manner./p#13; pThere was a serious error of judgment made on the evening by a contracted DJ to award such a prize and we apologise to anybody who may have been upset or offended by this./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center