More on 9/11

So I'm watching the Tonight Show on 9/11 and Jay's guests are Senator McCain and actor James Woods. The last time James Woods was a guest on the Tonight Show, Leno tried to ask him questions about a rumour (confirmed by Woods) that the FBI had been talking to him about something. Woods would not elaborate at that time.

This time, Leno asked again, and Woods was in a position to answer his questions...

It seems that James Woods was a passenger on an airline flight a couple of months BEFORE 9/11/01. On that flight, he noticed four suspicious-looking people of middle eastern background. They looked so suspicious to him, in fact, that he feared a hijack attempt and decided to KEEP the knife that was put on his dinner plate. Furthermore, he reported the suspicious persons to one of the flight crew. Supposedly, the standard paperwork was filed with the FAA, and the report (which was indistinguishable from all the other nonsense reports that get filed by passengers every day) went unnoticed.

After 9/11, when the FBI learned of Woods report, they interviewed him. At that time, he was able to confirm by picture identification that TWO of the people on his flight were among the 19 hijackers who died. Speculation was that Wood's flight was a dry-run to case the plane, the flight procedures, etc. The post-9/11 paranoia of passengers is understandable. But, prior to 9/11, can you imagine just how blatantly dangerous these people must have appeared to arouse the suspicions of a well-known person who would obviously not wish to appear paranoid in public?


And, earlier that day, Tom Brokaw aired a documentary about the air controllers who were the first to realize that planes had been hijacked and that something terrible was about to happen. During that special, it was mentioned that nearly 5000 planes were IN THE AIR over North America at the time of the four crashes, and the air controllers brought them to the ground so quickly, it was impossible to determine whether any of them had also been intended as missiles of terror. The implication is that some terrorists had been foiled by this quick action, but that they are still alive and able to carry out future plans.


And finally, how freaky is it that the New York lottery 3-digit pick of the day was 9-1-1. There were 15,000 people who decided to play that number on the anniversary of 9/11, and they shared a $5,000,000 dollar purse.