Variant #1: 2001 Halloween Terror Attacks on Malls
Netlore Archive: Friend-of-a-friend rumor circulating via forwarded email claims there may be terrorist attacks on malls on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2001.
Description: Email rumor
Circulating since: Oct. 2001
Status: False
Analysis: See main page
Example:
Email text contributed by Wayne, Oct. 9, 2001:
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Subject: Stay away from Malls on 10/31/01 My friend Colleen arrived for a facial when FBI agents were leaving Murad on Sunday, October 7, 2001. They were there to interrogate a girl who worked there to find out if she knew anything. The reason for their lead was she was best-friends with a girl who was dating an Arab man, who disappeared and was involved in the terrorist attacks on the WTC. He disappeared this summer and left her a note, saying the following in the effect of: "I have to go away and will not be able to see you again. Please do me a favor and do not fly in any planes on September 11, 2001 nor shop at any shopping malls on October 31, 2001 ......... " Don't know about you but I live across the street from a shopping mall, and my in-laws do too. Given my daughter is usually at their house on a Wednesday afternoon, right near the mall, am thinking of where else to go. Halloween may not be so Happy. Please send this to anyone that you know. Let's hope this isn't for real, but since it was actually left in a letter to a loved one from one of the people involved in the attacks of September 11, 2001, I am not taking it too lightly. Love, |
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