MYSTERY-MAYHEM:CHRONICLE USA. ALLAN PACHECO

numbers foretell or hint at future events? Yes, according to some modern soothsayers. Numerologists decree the 9/11 attacks were foretold by how the digits added up.

      9/11, the first plane to hit the Twin Towers was American Airlines 11.

      Date of attack was 9/11 9 + 1+ 1 = 11.

      911 is the emergency telephone number.

      September 11, is the 254th day of the year; 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.

      After 9/11 there are 111 days left in the year.

      Flight 11’s call letters were AA11.

      Hijacker, Mohamad Atta’s name has 11 letters; but some sources spell this terrorist’s name with 12 letters, Mohammed.

      Flight AA11 had 11 crewmembers, or 2 pilots and 9 flight attendants.

      Flight AA11 had 92 people on board.

      New York City = 11 letters.

      The state of New York was the 11th state to join the union.

      Manhattan Island was discovered on September 11, 1609; by Henry Hudson. His name has 11 letters.

      Trade Center has eleven letters.

      World Trade Center Towers has 22 letters or 2X11 = 22.

      The World Trade Center buildings looked like the number 11.

      The World Trade Center buildings had 110 stories.

      The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 AM or 1 + 0 + 2 + 8 = 11.

      The first unit to respond to the Twin Tower attacks was “FDNY-UNIT 1”. Eleven men from the unit were lost that day.

      Mohammed the prophet died in 632 AD, 6 + 3 + 2 = 11.

      Saudi Arabia, home to many of the alleged hijackers has 11 letters.

      Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center attack has 11 letters in his name.

      George W. Bush = 11 letters.

      Bill Clinton = 11 letters.

      Air Force One = 11 letters.

      On September 11, 2002, the New York state lottery winning number was 9-1-1.

      Coincidence? Or are the numerologists correct? Reader, when somebody says, “I have your number or your number is up!” Get that number down! (13)