# 9/11 - simple questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-simple-questions/584287>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 4, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-simple-questions/584287 "2011-06-04T04:25:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-simple-questions/584287/41 "2011-06-23T19:29:23Z")

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> [@Love\_Rhombus](#):
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> Not really a hijack since it’s 9-11 related: did the terrorists choose “9/11” because it was an emergency number as a little additional insult? Or was the date more or less arbitrary?

No, it was supposed to be September 10th and it they had planned to use bombs not planes.

So what happened? [Jeffy, from _the Family Circus_](http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg14/scaled.php?server=14&filename=564yu.jpg&res=medium), explains what happened and why they had to wait a day and switch to jets

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