r/decadeology • u/icey_sawg0034 Early 2010s were the best • May 22 '26

Discussion 💭🗯️ Why did so many media pre-9/11 predict the destruction of the Twin Towers before the attacks happened?

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u/woutomatic May 23 '26

$9

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u/PigIAsTraalt May 23 '26

That one is perhaps the weakest one. At that time, the New York skyline was dominated by the Twin Towers, so they became shorthand for NYC. The $9 was just a coincidence.