Mass celebrations break out in the West Bank and Gaza, and Palestinians cheer, dance, and distribute free sweets. Palestine is the only known place on earth to see overwhelming popular celebration of yesterday’s attacks, although Yasser Arafat condemned the attacks and denied responsibility yesterday.

The rubble at the scene of the World Trade Center collapse is filled with the sounds of “PASS devices,” or emergency signals attached to firefighters when they are no longer moving. The scale of overlapping PASS alarms bespeaks the horrible death toll that must have taken place here. Yet worse - the alarms can’t be stopped because the bodies haven’t been found.

24-year-old South Tower employee Welles Crowther calls his mother from the badly-burning 77th floor: “Mom, this is Welles,” he says, with a large amount of interference and commotion heard in the background. “I’m okay.” He then tells her that he’s going to go to the Sky Lobby to see what can be done about evacuating survivors and hangs up.

At 10 AM, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference and announced that the Pentagon has “lost track of” $2.3 trillion, which is “unaccounted for.” He goes on to highlight a number of other glaring inefficiencies in the Department of Defense.

[Fourth-Wall Break] Because many have been asking the l about how I’ll be covering September 11, I’ve put together a Frequently Asked Questions list. I’m pinning it until that day. Please refer to this for your questions and feel free to ask more. Q: How many posts do you have planned for the event? At present, about 410, or one every three minutes for the entire day, though there will be an average of two posts a minute between 8:46 and 10:30. It is my earnest hope that the account doesn’t get suspended for spamming at the very beginning. I hope someone from X is reading this. Q: Is the posting going to be in real-time? Yes. I worked very hard to learn the exact minute and if possible, the precise second that events occurred on 9/11, and I will post at those exact moments. It will be a completely real-time retelling of the day. Q: Do you/Will you schedule posts? No. Automation is impersonal and unnatural. On these accounts I’ve always manually written the posts as I’m posting them, and 9/11 is no exception to the rule. Q: Are you posting alone, or do you have a team? All alone. Have been doing this alone for years. It’s a lot of effort. Q: Will you be showing sensitive content? No. I had the option to and I decided against it. Graphic photos and video exist, but it would be disrespectful to the victims to show it. You’re welcome to look it up for yourself. Q: How did you do your research? I watched 240 hours of video footage, from news reporting to on-the-ground stringers to eyewitness testimony to academic documentas, with the intent to form the most accurate-possible timeline of the event. I also had people professionally associated with and familiar with the event provide their own research, which was helpful. I did my very best to corroborate stories for accuracy and gather every possible detail of the day, and I hope that my work was adequate. Q: Will you be including any conspiracy theories? I don’t entertain the conspiracy theories. From my research, I have developed what I believe is the most accurate picture of what happened, and it’s straightforward and logical. There was no conspiracy related to the September 11 attacks. Those who seriously entertain conspiracy theories in the comments will be blocked. Q: Why do this much? Do you have a personal connection to 9/11? None. I was too young to remember it. I’m doing this because this is what I’ve done on these live history accounts since 2018.  Q: Was this the whole point of the account? No. I started this account in “1997” (2022) with the intent to report world news, and that’s what I’ve done for nearly five years. It was not the intent of the account, or I would’ve done thousands of hours of research and posted tens of thousands of unrelated stories just to set up one day. Q: But it seems like all your posts are 9/11 foreshadowing lately. Fewer than 1 in 10 of my posts has had any relation to 9/11. I’m insulted when people insinuate that “the account only posts about 9/11.” It’s a gross exaggeration.  Q: Will the account continue afterwards? Yes, indefinitely. I’m excited to cover the 2000s and the 2010s. I hope that you all stick around for it. Q: Won’t you make loads of money off this, a tragedy? Probably not. Last month, X decided to permanently suspend its creator monetization program and replace it with another program. I have not yet applied for the new program, and 9/11 will not be monetized. I am doing this as a passion project and because I love history and have been live-posting history for eight years - long before I was ever paid to do so. If I do end up being monetized for this day, I’ve had ethical qualms. Earlier this year I decided to donate all the money I made off my posts on September 11, 2026. If I make any money off this, I will do that and post receipts. I encourage you also to donate to the charity of your choice. This was a tragic event and funds deserve to go to the victims of the tragedy and rememberance of it.

A single U.S.-based investor places a massive volume of put options on United Airlines stock (UAL), betting that the value will go down. These 2000 contracts represent a 20x spike from the usual daily volume.

Pop star Aaliyah has died at age 22. A private Cessna 402 aircraft crashed near Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, killing the pilot and eight passengers aboard, including Aaliyah. The NTSB is investigating.

The New York Times breaks the story that in March 2000, a group of Austrian art students called “Gelitin” secretly installed a balcony on the 91st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. They photographed the balcony by helicopter, and then dismantled it. The ease by which the students were able to make structural changes to the building without anyone noticing brings into question the security measures at the WTC.

Enron’s stock price has now fallen 50% from its all-time high, worrying long-term investors. “I still trust [Kenneth] Lay,” says an unnamed source. “Enron will rule the market.”

In a public ceremony, New York investor Larry Silverstein purchases the World Trade Center complex for $3.22 billion on a 99-year lease, to expire in the year 2100. Silverstein is a doting, personal owner; he famously breakfasts at Windows on the World each and every morning.

A Hamas suicide bomber kills six people and wounds 100 at the HaSharon Mall in Netanya, Israel. The Israeli government responds with its first airstrikes on Gaza since 1967, killing at least 12 Palestinians and wounding 90.