# 9/11/01 - 911 emergency?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-01-911-emergency/127363>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-01-911-emergency/127363 "2002-09-06T23:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-01-911-emergency/127363/21 "2002-09-10T18:40:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by World Eater \*  
> \*\*Anyone know when the airline tickets were purchased? \*\*

According to the _New York Times_ (Sept. 10, 2002):

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> The F.B.I. has also noticed spikes in cellphone use at what seem to be critical points in the plan; for example, just after the arrest of Mr. Moussaoui and just before the men began, in late August [2001], to buy tickets for the flights they would hijack.

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