I actually forgot about some of these things.
This year will mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
After the attacks, the story completely disappeared from the media and people’s minds.
“American Airlines Flight 587.
It was an Airbus A300 that crashed in Queens, NY, two months after 9/11.
It was the second-deadliest aviation accident in US history, and not well remembered.”
“Air Transat Flight 236.
The longest glide of a passenger airliner.
It happened three weeks before 9/11.”
He interrupted evening TV and gave alive address to the nation to announceit on August 9th.
His next address to the nation was on September 11th."
“A paraglider accidentallyentangledhimself on the torch of the Statue of Liberty.”
“I lived where the anthrax hit in 2001, just days after 9/11.
You couldnt open any of the mail it was just stuck together.
And this was back in the days before you could pay bills online.”
“In Feb. 2001, FBI agentRobert Hanssenwas arrested for selling classified info to Soviet and Russian intelligence agencies.
Hed been conducting this espionage since 1985.
“TheHainan Island incidentin April 2001.
A Chinese jet clipped a US Navy EP-3 surveillance plane off the coast of China.
The jet crashed in the sea, and the US plane made an unauthorized emergency landing in China.
It was the first major geopolitical mess of George W. Bush’s presidency.
Gave the world a somewhat major incident.
I got briefly concerned as a teenager.”
“TheNepalese royal massacreon June 1, 2001.
Nine members of the royal family were killed in the royal palace, including the King.
The finale aired just a week before 9/11.
“The movieZoolanderflopped, relatively speaking, at the box office because it came out right after 9/11.”
“The OGiPodlaunched in October.”
After 9/11, theydecided to waitto release it.”
I was a bigMMPRfan, and I dont remember hearing about that.”
There was a ton of news coverage about it."
“There wereinvestigative articlesabout Bernie Madoff in 2001, thatquestionedhow legitimate his assets were.
They were ignored, which allowed him to further commit fraud until the Great Recession.”
“Aaliyah died on Aug. 25, 2001.
I feel like we didnt even get to grieve her, and then 9/11 happened.”
“Michael Jackson released an album [his last] two weeks earlier.
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