Comments on: The Oprah Winfrey-9/11 Ticket Agent Suicide Myth?

By: Myth Busted: Oprah Winfrey and the 9/11 Ticket Agent “Suicide” at Blog P.I.

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:08:16 +0000

[...] In mid-September 2006, a moderately amusing slapfight broke out among Brendan Nyhan, then writing for The American Prospect, and various contributors to top-shelf lefty blog Eschaton. To most rubberneckers, it looked like a case of one academic/moderate type accusing an activist/progressive type of going overboard in criticizing President Bush, and it was just rorschachy enough to leave alone. But the basis for the disagreement was another story. As I wrote at the time: I’m distracted from whatever I was going to say about it because… the incident giving rise to the debate — the alleged suicide of a ticket agent who had checked in Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari on the way to crash Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center — appears to be an urban legend, hoax or mistake. [...]

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:34:17 +0000

Okay. So, “grh,” are those your initials, or is that the noise you’re trying to make?

By: grh

grh — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:24:41 +0000

Jesus. At first I thought you were only PRETENDING to be an idiot.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:18:44 +0000

Somebody needs to stop acting like an idiot in public: “Talk about setting a precedent. No Prez from now on would ever get anything done, going around apologizing to everybody who thought they had a grievance.”

Okay, so the President of the United States should be required to do that. My mistake.

By: grh

grh — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:40:43 +0000

"Somebody needs more fi-ber… "

Somebody needs to stop acting like an idiot in public:

"Talk about setting a precedent. No Prez from now on would ever get anything done, going around apologizing to everybody who thought they had a grievance."

By: tom scott

tom scott — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:51:00 +0000

Assume for a moment that the lady did commit suicide. What evidence is there that the ticket for Atta was the motivating factor? Maybe there were marital problems. Did she have a history of depression prior to 911? Before that can be determined can someone show me a link to the obituary?

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:43:04 +0000

P.S. I apologize for making fun of your hyperlinking ability. That was a cheap shot and sometimes I forget that words can hurt.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:36:52 +0000

Somebody needs more fi-ber…

By: grh

grh — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:41:14 +0000

Well, I tried plugging “covered your ass” “American Airlines” into Google News, but the only things that popped up were Media Matters and Buzzflash.

Yes, this is quite a conundrum for those who've been living in a mine shaft since 1973. Give "covered your ass" a shot by itself, and you may be able to figure out this perplexing mystery.

You might also search Google for "solar system," as it would probably help you figure out what planet you're on.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:55:08 +0000

Oh, if only the internets had some way of discovering this. Sadly, there is nothing anywhere that could help.

Nice hyperlinks. Well, I tried plugging "covered your ass" "American Airlines" into Google News, but the only things that popped up were Media Matters and Buzzflash. Next!