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In 2000 users on airliner's message board discussed what would happen if an airliner crashed into the World Trade Center.

You can still view the discussion here.

IIRC the FBI did investigate and determined no foul play, nor were any of the terrorist involved in this post in any way. Just a coincidence.

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Coincidences are common when you scale up to billions of people

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

If you think that's a coincidence, you should watch the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 1 points 1 hour ago

As the director of security for the financial services firm Morgan Stanley at the World Trade Center,[3] Rescorla anticipated attacks on the towers and implemented evacuation procedures that were credited with saving thousands of lives.[4] He died during the attacks of September 11, 2001, going back to help evacuate more people in the South Tower after he had organized the evacuation of the Morgan Stanley offices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If only the thread weren't locked. Someone could warn them.

[–] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Quick contact the mods!