I'm an over the road truck driver. Bear in mind that 98% of things that drivers say over the CB radio are bull. However what I heard around/during the time of the WTC attack seems less like a driver tale, and more like something out of Conspiracy Theory. At the time of the WTC attack, I was in VA on my way to my next stop in SC. While I was heading down to Charlotte, there was plenty of chatter on the CB about the attack of course. I have a "big" radio in my truck, which means on an average day I can communicate 100 miles or better, it also means I can tune in AM/FM/SSB (upper and lower). During the trip there was a man on a base station talking about the bomb they found in one of the parking garages under a skyscraper. I believe he said the Wachovia bank building (I was still adjusting my clarifier to tune in his exact frequency). At the time I knew that Charlotte had planned to do another dry run in their Anti-Terrorist exorcises, they made those public. The 11th was the scheduled day for their run. From what was said on the CB, and bear in mind that this is from a source with questionable credibility... What was said exactly was that during the exorcise, and before the attack, a suspicious vehicle was parking in the garage. After inspection of the vehicle, they called in the bomb squad and diffused the bomb. Later on that morning the attack occurred on the WTC. I didn't talk to the Han (person) transmitting this, I find it's better to let people talk too much to give them enough rope to hand themselves. He didn't seem to be as full of it as I thought when FBI and SWAT were swarming all over that area.
The news made mention of a "possible" bomb. Then re-canted their statements about it saying "it was a false alarm" and a "hoax". I haven't heard another mention about the incident. But I'm curious. Was it really a hoax? Who would risk making a bomb, real or fake... Putting this device in a car, something that CAN be traced, and putting it under a sky scraper? That seems like an awful risk to take, and not quite something that I would buy as being just "some pranksters out for a laugh". Then again, I'm just another ignorant truck driver, what do I know right?
~Clerric
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I'm an over the road truck driver. Bear in mind that 98% of things that drivers say over the CB radio are bull. However what I heard around/during the time of the WTC attack seems less like a driver tale, and more like something out of Conspiracy Theory. At the time of the WTC attack, I was in VA on my way to my next stop in SC. While I was heading down to Charlotte, there was plenty of chatter on the CB about the attack of course. I have a "big" radio in my truck, which means on an average day I can communicate 100 miles or better, it also means I can tune in AM/FM/SSB (upper and lower). During the trip there was a man on a base station talking about the bomb they found in one of the parking garages under a skyscraper. I believe he said the Wachovia bank building (I was still adjusting my clarifier to tune in his exact frequency). At the time I knew that Charlotte had planned to do another dry run in their Anti-Terrorist exorcises, they made those public. The 11th was the scheduled day for their run. From what was said on the CB, and bear in mind that this is from a source with questionable credibility... What was said exactly was that during the exorcise, and before the attack, a suspicious vehicle was parking in the garage. After inspection of the vehicle, they called in the bomb squad and diffused the bomb. Later on that morning the attack occurred on the WTC. I didn't talk to the Han (person) transmitting this, I find it's better to let people talk too much to give them enough rope to hand themselves. He didn't seem to be as full of it as I thought when FBI and SWAT were swarming all over that area. The news made mention of a "possible" bomb. Then re-canted their statements about it saying "it was a false alarm" and a "hoax". I haven't heard another mention about the incident. But I'm curious. Was it really a hoax? Who would risk making a bomb, real or fake... Putting this device in a car, something that CAN be traced, and putting it under a sky scraper? That seems like an awful risk to take, and not quite something that I would buy as being just "some pranksters out for a laugh". Then again, I'm just another ignorant truck driver, what do I know right? ~Clerric