The Daily Probe has uncovered a remarkable set of coincidences regarding the terrorist attacks of September 11. It seems that the number 11 pops up with alarming regularity when one considers the various aspects of the events of that day. For example:
* The date itself: September 11th
* Also regarding the date, 9/11: 9+1+1 = 11
* The World Trade Center towers looked like the number 11
* American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston to Los Angeles crashed
into the north tower of the World Trade Center
* There were 92 people on board -- 9 + 2 = 11
* "NEW YORK CITY" has 11 letters
* "THE PENTAGON" has 11 letters
* "AFGHANISTAN" has 11 letters
* "GEORGE W. BUSH" has 11 letters
But the coincidences don't end there. The Probe took an even closer look and made these astounding discoveries:
* 11 is the precise number of herbs and spices in The Colonel's
secret recipe
* Excluding February, there are exactly 11 months in a year
* If you dial 11 on your phone, preceded by the number 4, you'll
contact someone who claims to know the names, addresses, and
phone numbers of everyone in the entire country!
* 11 is one half of the corporate name "7-11", responsible for
poisoning millions of Americans with junk food and cigarettes
* 1 is the loneliest number. It stands to reason that 11 must be
*twice* as lonely!
* 11,111,111 morons actually believe they saw Satan in the smoke
* 11,023,934 of the above live in trailers
* Other words with 11 letters include: zillionaire, waterscapes,
undrinkable, thingamajig, syndication, stripteases
* There were 11 "Ernest" movies starring Jim Varney, all of which
were considered to be "bombs"
* The 11th letter of the alphabet is "K", which occurs in the word
"Koran", unless you spell it the "Q" way
* Osama bin Laden was once 11 years old!
* The WTC buildings were 110 stories tall
* Dick Cheney has had *nearly* 11 heart attacks