# Any eerie coincidences occur during WTC attack day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938 "2001-09-11T22:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/41 "2001-09-12T05:42:38Z")
For all of my posts today, my post count has been in the 1190-1199 range. _11-9_, the way that dates are written in the most part of the world. Just a ka winki dink? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/42 "2001-09-12T09:06:00Z")
Not very eerie, but still somewhat interesting. I am in Maui, visiting my SO’s dad, who is a helicopter pilot. Yesterday he took a day off, and we all went on a snokeling trip and had a great time. We had so much fun, that we kept trying to think up ways for him to get another day off- like calling in sick or claiming to have a dentist appointment. Well, when we woke up this morning we learned that all air traffic had been closed. He got his day off, but instead of frolicking in the sun we spent it teary eyed and glued to the television. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/43 "2001-09-12T09:18:17Z")
I had a dream me and my wife were on an airplane a few nights ago. She had a CD from work that somebody connected to the government wanted. Bullets from outside started punching holes in the side of the plane, and I tried to shield my wife with my body. Not terribly related, just something bad happening on a plane and the fact that the government was somehow involved. I’ve also had a strong feeling of dread for the last few days, like something bad has happened and I haven’t found out about it yet. I was concerned that something had happened to my parents and had been calling them every day. ---
**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/44 "2001-09-12T10:04:55Z")
in class today (after it had happened, im in Australia) the teacher gave us worksheets to do (although we spent all lesson talking about what happened) they were on the book we had been reading lately, _Tomorrow When the War Began_ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/45 "2001-09-12T10:10:39Z")
Mot an errie coincidence, but this is probably the best place to post it. My friend Gary was due to fly from Boston to Los Angeles yesterday morning to meet up with his parents who were attending a wedding. He changed his flight 2 days ago to a later flight, so that he could meet his parents at the airport without having to wait around in the airport for too long. He would have been on the second plane to crash into the twin towers. I’m not religious, but I’m sure somebody was looking out for him. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/46 "2001-09-12T11:39:56Z")
I had been thinking all last week that something really, really terrible was going to happen. I only mentioned it to one person, cause if it doesn’t come true I look like a jerk and if it does, people think you are responsible. I also mentioned the Oklahoma City bombing to several people, cause I could not get it out of my head. The last time I had such an idea was in July of 1999, when I knew something was going to happen, and I kept thinking about Mr. & Mrs. JFK, Jr–I thought she might be pregnant. My three months’ pregnant neighbor works in the WTC. She had a miscarriage Monday night! How strange is that? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/47 "2001-09-12T12:54:43Z")
Yesterday AM, before the attack, I looked out the window just before dawn. It was very dark. I could tell _something was going to happen._ ---
**Author:** ![NaughtyMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@NaughtyMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NaughtyMe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/48 "2001-09-12T13:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spatula \* > \*\*Flight 11: 11= today’s date > > Flight 93: 9+3= 12 > > Flight 175: 1+7+5= 13 > > Flight 77: 7+7= 14 > Draw your own conclusions. \*\* Yeah and Flight 11: 1 + 1 = 2 Flight 93: '93 the year the WTC was bombed Flight 175: 1+7\*5= 35 What’s your point? My conclusion is that your numbers game should be dumped in the Nostradamus pile. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/49 "2001-09-12T13:39:24Z")
I note that None of the “pyschics” had predicted anything like this. But they sure would’ve loved to. No coincidence here. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/50 "2001-09-12T13:51:04Z")
My friend Scott was booked on Flight 11. He changed his flight at the last minute, taking an earlier flight out. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/51 "2001-09-12T13:54:57Z")
[Coincidence or irony?](http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010912/ts/attack_suspects_dc.html) > [@](#): > > Reuters > Wednesday September 12 8:59 AM ET > > Investigators in Boston found a copy of the Koran, a videotape on how to fly commercial jets and a fuel consumption calculator in a pair of bags meant for American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported on Wednesday. > > The paper said the suitcases belonged to a man with an Arabic name who investigators believe was one of those who hijacked the plane and crashed it into the New York landmark. > > The man boarded Flight 11 after flying into Boston’s Logan International airport from Portland, Maine, but his bags missed the connection, the Globe reported. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/52 "2001-09-12T14:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > **I note that None of the “pyschics” had predicted anything like this.** Rest patiently, m’dear. They will all be out in force in the _National_/_Sun_/_Star_/_Enquirer_ in the next few weeks, claiming to have foreseen it, or claiming it was foretold in the Bible. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/53 "2001-09-12T14:53:29Z")
The only weird coincidence I have noticed is that the four planes that were hijacked were all 757’s or 767’s. These planes are very large planes capable of holding several hundred passengers each. From what I understand, flights from the East Coast to the West Coast are pretty popular and are usually booked solid, yet these four planes _weren’t even half full_. I wonder how many people canceled their flights on these particular planes because maybe, deep down inside, they sensed something might happen. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/54 "2001-09-12T15:09:34Z")
I think Cecil did a column on that once, how when you go back and compare crashed flights, the number of cancellations and no-shows are inexplicably higher than for other flights of its type. Did I smoke crack, or did I really read that in one of his books? ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/55 "2001-09-12T15:28:19Z")
I posted this in another thread yesterday: "This morning around 7:30, strangely enough, my housemate happened to mention to me that her godfather used to work in the WTC. We talked about how neither of us had ever been to New York and that we were eager to visit it some day. As I was riding my bike to Chemistry, a black cat walked right across the sidewalk in front of me. I’m not terribly superstitious, but I had a funny feeling that something bad would happen today." ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/56 "2001-09-12T17:48:27Z")
This is the day afterwards, but I have a tedious task to do at work and for music, selected the CD “Up” by REM. I felt like listening to REM and it’s the only disk of theirs I have here. Some song titles: “Airportman”, “Suspicion”, “Hope”, “The Apologist”, “You’re in the Air”, “Walk Unafraid”. Plus some lyrical coincidences, but you get the idea. I nearly started crying at the lines: “Why not smile? You’ve been sad for a while.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/57 "2001-09-12T18:20:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lost In Reality \* > \*\*This is not a really a coincidence, but extremely freaky. I usually don’t put much faith into Nostradamus (the one from the 1600’s), but this is pretty close to dead on. > > in the City of God there will be a great thunder, two brothers torn apart by chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb. The third world war will begin when the big city is burning > -Nostradamus 1654 > > \*\* Actually, you may want to check [www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com)\*\*. This isn’t true. Nostradamus never predicted this. Check “additions.” You’ll find the listing about three down. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/58 "2001-09-12T18:21:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Lost In Reality \* > > \*\*This is not a really a coincidence, but extremely freaky. I usually don’t put much faith into Nostradamus (the one from the 1600’s), but this is pretty close to dead on. > > > > in the City of God there will be a great thunder, two brothers torn apart by chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb. The third world war will begin when the big city is burning > > -Nostradamus 1654 > > > > \*\* > > Actually, you may want to check [www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com). This isn’t true. Nostradamus never predicted this. Check “additions.” You’ll find the listing about three down. \*\* Fixing the link. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/59 "2001-09-12T18:30:43Z")
Yesterday morning I was watching the Today Show with my mother at around 7. Before I left for school I told my mom I had a bad feeling about today, mentioned the Aaliyah crash then told her to keep watching the Today Show because I was POSITIVE something was gonna happen with planes crashing today. When I got to third period and first heard about it everyone was saying that it probably wasn’t bad or whatever but I kept insisting I knew it was worse than it sounded. Finally, my teacher got a TV into the room and we watched the first tower fall down. When I got home my mom turned on the news. I had to like explain to her that I didn’t have anything to do with it. ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938/60 "2001-09-12T19:14:11Z")
Back to the OP… Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but for those who don’t know, flying the flag upside down is a distress signal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-eerie-coincidences-occur-during-wtc-attack-day/80938.md?page=4)