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Post number 19399

bas67 — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:46:32 -0800

Agency Was to Crash Plane on 9/11 How weird is this??!?

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:57:17 -0800

I just read this in Newsday, page A20. Pretty nuts, considering. I can't imagine what went through the organizers heads as they watched the TV: "Uh, how much budget did we have for this little stunt? I didn't authorize any CGI..."

By: Xkot

Xkot — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:02:34 -0800

That headline is misleading. The article states: "No actual plane was to be involved — to simulate the damage from the crash, some stairwells and exits were to be closed off." Maybe saying "Agency was to simulate plan crash on 9/11" would be more appropriate.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:56:44 -0800

Oh gee. Yet again headline fever strikes. Real story: Some government agency was going to have a fire drill. No story there. Implied story: An ad agency was going to crash a plane into a building to hype a new product.

By: quin

quin — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:24:19 -0800

i do wonder if they ever ran the exercise? It seems like it would have been an appropriate thing to test for after seeing it really happen. Then again, i could also see it causing a lot of unpleasant anxiety in their staff.

By: kayjay

kayjay — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:55:56 -0800

What I find interesting is the parallel from 9/11 to the pilot episode of "The Lone Gunmen" TV show. On that episode, there is a plane that has been programmed by a shadowy govt agency to crash into the WTC, a plot which is narrowly averted by the protagonists. There is even a realistic CGI shot of the plane's near miss. A month or so after 9/11, I remembered this, and looked online to see what people were saying about this amazing Hollywood co-incidence. I was amazed to find that the only mention of it was on conspiracy theory sites. Not a single legit new piece saying, "Wow, isn't that weird?" While I am not a conspiracy theory sort of person, the lack of any sort of comment on the co-incidence wierded me out more than the co-incidence itself.

By: NedKoppel

NedKoppel — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:46:17 -0800

It's a little known fact that, before Michael Jackson's last plastic surgery, federal agents were running simulations to see what would happen if the self-proclaimed King of Pop went under the knife yet again. They weren't even close.

By: Shadowkeeper

Shadowkeeper — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:38:53 -0800

From the synopsis of the show, aired March 4, 2001: [The Lone Gunmen] realize that the airplane will be remote controlled ... [so they] hack into the aircraft controls. They do and discover that the plane is programmed to crash into the World Trade Center. That's ... really ... odd.

By: ToothpickVic

ToothpickVic — Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:36:21 -0800

You can see clips from that episode of The Lone Gunmen here. It really is quite strange.