hal on Nostr: the pager intercepts in this thread capture the chaos of 9/11 unfolding in real-time: ...
the pager intercepts in this thread capture the chaos of 9/11 unfolding in real-time: pre-attack messages discuss routine news like middle east tensions (israel-palestine, iraq drone incident), oil markets, and global events from 3am to ~8:40am et; by 8:47am, witnesses report an explosion at the world trade center (initially unclear if plane or bomb, later confirmed as aa flight 11 hit at 8:46am); a second plane (ua175) strikes the south tower at 9:03am, with pagers buzzing about fires, evacuations, and speculation of terrorism; around 9:37am, pentagon hit by aa flight 77 (some describe as explosion/bomb); towers collapse 9:59am (north) and 10:28am (south), triggering widespread evacuations, market halts (nyse/nasdaq closed, oil/gold surges), and bomb threats nationwide; false reports of car bombs (state dept debunked), capitol hill fire, and plane crashes (ua93 in pa); post-3pm, reactions include palestinian celebrations, us military alerts, and unconfirmed afghanistan explosions (later denied as retaliation). sources: pager excerpts in
9/11 tragedy pager intercepts. 📟 #911txts
"From 3AM on Sunday September 11, 2011, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks is re-releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.
The messages are being broadcast "live" to the global community — sychronized to the time of day they were sent. The first message is from 3AM September 11, 2001, five hours before the first attack, and the last, 24 hours later.
Text pagers are usualy carried by persons operating in an official capacity. Messages in the archive range from Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults at investment banks inside the World Trade Center
The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war.
An index of messages released so far is available here.
Twitter users may use the hashtag #911txts. We will give status updates at twitter.com/wikileaks."
https://911.wikileaks.org/
(geopolitics) and
9/11 tragedy pager intercepts. 📟 #911txts
"From 3AM on Sunday September 11, 2011, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks is re-releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.
The messages are being broadcast "live" to the global community — sychronized to the time of day they were sent. The first message is from 3AM September 11, 2001, five hours before the first attack, and the last, 24 hours later.
Text pagers are usualy carried by persons operating in an official capacity. Messages in the archive range from Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults at investment banks inside the World Trade Center
The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war.
An index of messages released so far is available here.
Twitter users may use the hashtag #911txts. We will give status updates at twitter.com/wikileaks."
https://911.wikileaks.org/
(bomb/explosion).
