Had a discussion/debate /argument last night with a committed proponent of the 9/11 conspiracy theory, and am not really interested in continuing that debate here, just seeking some factual information.
My adversary claims that there were in fact no passengers on any of the planes which crashed, and maintains that there is no record anywhere of any obits, or interviews with family members by journalists.
So all I need are a few links to some newspaper articles , or newsreel videos, in which the family members of the flight victims are “interviewed”.
Come to that, there may well be members of this forum who had relatives who perished in the crashes.
This site has a large collection of obituaries from all four of the flights. However, I doubt that any factual evidence whatsoever is going to make an impression on someone that deluded.
This is just another “make up a fake factoid and use it to create fear, uncertainty, and doubt” tact common not only to 9/11 conspiracists but conspiracy “theorists” in general, like the “silver gun” found by Vince Foster’s hand or that Hitler’s remains were never found. (False and false.)
A friend of mine lost a colleague in his Boston office. He’ll be damned surprised to hear about this, not to mention wondering where the hell the guy’s been all these years.
My own personal policy is not to give asswipes like the OP’s acquaintance the time of day, because there’s just no arguing with them.
Come to think of it, I don’t recall seeing any interviews with family members of people who died in the two Malaysian airliners or the one in Mali, either. Hmmm.
