Flashback: September 10, 2001
Here’s a few tidbits to remind everyone what we were all thinking about on the day before the worst terrorist attack against the United States.
Michael Jordan’s pending return to professional basketball is perhaps the hottest news story in America on September 10.
XM Radio readies 100 channels for debut.
Barry Bonds hits three homeruns, making it 63 – just seven shy of Mark McGwire.
Michael Jackson’s Friday Night performance at Madison Square Garden was the buzz.
Israel suffers its first suicide bombing by an Arab citizen.
President Bush makes his fourth Florida visit in eight months to discuss literacy.
Iran denies US charges that it is seeking to develop a nuclear arsenal, pointing out that Iran itself was a victim of weapons of mass destruction during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.
A conference of deputy Cabinet secretaries agrees on a three-step strategy to force the Taliban to deport bin Laden. The plan is expected to take up to three years.
The Congressional Research Service releases the report ‘Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors.’ The paper describes al-Qaeda as a “global threat” and rates its terrorist activity level as ‘Extremely High,’ the highest of any terrorist group on the list.
John O’Neill enjoys an evening at Elaine’s Restaurant in New York City. Formerly the FBI’s leading counterterrorism expert, O’Neill was recently forced out by bureaucratic infighting, and began his new job as head of security for the World Trade Center on August 23. At Elaine’s he discusses the possibility of a terrorist attack: “We’re due. And we’re due for something big. Some things have happened in Afghanistan (evidently referring to the al-Qaeda assassination of Massoud the day before). I don’t like the way things are lining up in Afghanistan… I just — I sense a shift, and I think things are going to happen.” When asked when, he says, “I don’t know, but soon.” Next morning, O’Neill is in the South Tower when it collapses.
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